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[Zack Widup]

Loops aren't going to get you a lot of long-haul work but they do have 
their advantages.  As you say, they're certainly better than no antenna at 
all.

If you have a large Yagi you are only going to hear the signals to the 
front (and probably off the back) of the beam.  With an omni horizontal 
loop up also, you just might hear a station calling you that you'll miss 
with the beam.  Then you can swing the beam to peak on him.

If you live near a metropolitan area, the loop is going to give you a lot 
of QSO's.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 mattpatt at 1starnet.com wrote:

> I recently helped a local ham install a stacked pair of 2m loops in his atic.
> He was under the impression you had to have a big yagi to be able to work 2m
> ssb.  It took me loaning my set of loops that I use on my rover to him before
> he was convinced at how well a stacked set of loops actually perform.  Again,
> it's not a 17el but it's better than nothing and it got the guy on the air.
> 
> Which reminds me, somewhere I saw a article on how to homebrew a 2m horizontal
> loop using a metal clothes hanger.  If someone knows what I'm talking 
> about and
> could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.  I'm thinking about
> doing a presentation at our next club meeting and I'm looking for a easy to
> build antenna for 2m ssb as I'm going to try and get more people interested in
> the band.
> 
> 73 Matt
> W5LL
>