[Elecraft] Balun Question

[Don Wilhelm]

An 80 meter loop has good low angle radiation at 40 meters and above (but
almost no signal at higher angles).  This makes it a good antenna for DX,
but if you also want local contacts, you may be wise to put up a simple
dipole in addition to the loop.

Much more information about loops (and other antennas) can be found at L. B.
Cebik's website www.cebik.com - look under his 'Tales and Technicals'
title - he has modeled a number of loops.

73,
Don W3FPR

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| That is the way that I fed my loop back when I had one and I worked
|  >250 countries on it with 100W.  Best antenna I had at the time and
| very quiet.  I chatted with a ZL running 20W SSB every morning at 2 AM
| local on 40M that I couldn't even on the other antennas.  This was
| about 10 years ago when I still lived in Michigan.  Wish I had the room
| for one now.
|
| > You may even be better off feeding the loop directly with coax (no
| > balun at
| > all is recommended by some users of loop antennas - even for multiband
| > operation).
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