[Elecraft] Antennas for Field Day

[Stuart Rohre]

The best all around Field Day antenna our club has found after some years of
research, is not a dipole at all, but giant, greater than one  wave around
horizontal loop set on a hill and only 20 feet high.   It models with both
lower angle modes and high angles, just what you need for in state and cross
country work on Field Day.  We started with 1.25 waves on 160M and last year
used 849 foot circumference.  We have used east west rectangular and NSEW
Square.  Square was the best at the larger size of course.

Next best were IDEZ antennas, Inverted Double Extended Zepps.  Up 30 feet to
40 feet.
For bi directional, we have used low 10 waves at 10m horizontal loops.  But,
they were too long to keep up easily in storms.  Need to drain static on any
large wires, 150k ohms from each side of balanced feedline to ground.

73,
Stuart K5KVH