[Elecraft] K0EVZ EQP [loop question]

[Jack Shrawder]

On 3/9/03 9:12 PM, "Doc K0EVZ" <dock0evz@earthlink.net> wrote:

Doc,

Thanks very much for you detailed HL Ant comments. I hope mine will do as
good a job for me as it has for you!

Hope we meet on the air in the future.

Should have the K2 operational on a longwire in 2-3 weeks. Then when the
snow melts I will work on getting the loop up. I found a source for a 9:1
balun that should work matching the unbalanced coax from the shack to the
side of the house where I plan to use about 40-50 feet of  450 ohm ladder
line to feed the loop.

From reading all the reflector messages, I see that the Elecraft community
of operators are very a very talented, creative and helpful group.

73s,

Jack

> Jack:
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> Well my loop is a commercial product from Antennas & More, from Provo, UT=
.
> They took over when Antennas West went out of business several years ago.
> This loop is fed with regular coax through their proprietary balun right =
at
> the feed point on the loop.
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> I have asked some of the antenna gurus--Cebik and Dr. Megacycle--about
> possibly going with ladder line instead of the coax/balun.  *ALL* said to
> stay with the present arrangement.  They noted that that the designer of
> this balun really knew his stuff, and that the antenna is likely as good
> now as it might be with the ladder line.  The reason I had a question is
> because ladder line is very tough to handle here, due to frequent high
> winds at any season of the year.  In fact, I installed 4 telephone poles
> just to support the loop because our trees are so slender.
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> All I know is that this is one fabulous antenna.  Have worked just about
> everyone I can hear, on all bands, and including QRP.  Yesterday for
> instance was running actually a bit under 4 watts out but still grabbed a=
ll
> the QSOes I could stand in the EQP contest.
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> By the way, this big loop cost only about $130.00, and it is tough as a
> boot.  I believe it could withstand a hurricane.  It is made out of a
> stranded wire which is quiet and which is a dream to install =3D no tangles=
,
> slides easily through sticky branches, etc.
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> Good Luck in your quest, and here's hoping to run into you on the air
> sometime with your new loop.  Oh by the way, wish me luck as we will like=
ly
> be moving in the next couple or three months (lost my job suddenly last
> September).
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> 73,
> --Doc/K0EVZ
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