[Elecraft] Good Low Horizontal Loops

Wed Aug 7 17:32:01 2002

I use a 260' horizontal loop up 25' and have worked all over the world. My 
first antenna, but sure seems to do the job for me. It's fed with open ladder 
line to a 4:1 baklun and then a short bit of coax to the k2. 73/Tim NZ7C

Quoting Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]>:

> ...
> I can vouch that a 20 foot high large loop, even on 80m, (660 foot
> around model we build for Field Day), works out pretty well.  We
> logged
> Maine on SSB from Central Tx on it, so that is better than cloud
> warmer
> range.  Also, most of eastern seaboard, midwest ,etc.. 72, Stuart
> K5KVH
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> I've worked across the country with a low dipole too. The expected
> "best
> signal" distances for any antenna vary a great deal depending upon
> conditions. 
> 
> Or are you saying that there is something "special" about a low
> horizontal loop that is missed by antenna theory and analysis?  
> 
> These sources say that such a loop has a major lobe straight up,
> thanks
> to the gigantic reflector right below it (the earth) with radiation at
> lower angles dropping way down to zero at the horizon - very similar
> to
> a low dipole or any horizontally-polarized radiator only a small
> fraction of a wavelength above the earth. 
> 
> Ron AC7AC
> K2 # 1289
> 
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