[AMRadio] MFJ

[Geoff/W5OMR]

Rick Brashear wrote:
> Yep... that's about what I have.  I'm in the middle of the block, but 
> I own two lots side by side, so I have a little more room, but not 
> much.  My biggest problem with I 30 is the constant barrage of 10,000 
> watt CB'ers!
>
> The loop sounds very interesting.  I have a couple of more stalks of 
> tower I'm going to add and I should be up about 55', so that may work 
> out real good.
>
> Where do you feed the loop, at the bottom or top?

Seeing as how this antenna started life as an inverted vee, I left the 
feed point where it was.  I had attached an SO-239 to a piece of lexan, 
drilled a couple of small'ish holes in it, and fed the wire through 
there, and used it for strain relief, and antenna support.

I just ran the 450-ohm ladder line to the same point.  It -was- not 
being fed at the apex, but after about 6 months, changed that, and 
reports are good.


the apex/feed point is 60' up.  the ends slope down to around 20' off 
the ground.  That's about how far the bottom wire is above ground.. 20'.

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