[Antennas] full wave loop

[Chris Boone]

A fullwave loop is about 125 ohms...Are you erecting it as a vertical or
horiz loop?..feed it in the bottom ends for vertical polarization and in
the sides for horiz (IIRC...that may be reversed! :) ..But on HF, it
doesn't matter that much....a 1/4wave of 75 should match you ok to 50ohm
IIRC

I once had a fullwave loop on 75 mtrs....off the side of a 220 ft
microwave tower.....bottom was 50ft or so off the ground...worked like a
champ on all bands (worse SWR is 3:1 at the 2nd harmonic on 40m)...fed
it with 75 ohm cable to the radio..Used it on all 80-10m with no tuner

Chris
WB5ITT

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> Hi List;
> 
> I am building a full wave loop for 20 meters. If I erect it 
> as a triangle, 
> should I feed it in the corner? I was thinking of feeding it 
> with 1/4 wave of 75 
> ohm coax. Would this be recommended?