[Elecraft] Re: KX1 & "lasso" antenna worked best

[Wayne Burdick]

Hi Niel,

Niel Skousen wrote:

> Did you close the lasso loop electrically ?

Yes.

> If so I wonder whether this would then become a short capacitively loaded
> vertical, or what ?

Exactly.

> If physically closed, but not electrically connected (eg the end of 28ga
> enamel twisted around the wire...) then it might be approximated as a DDRR
> or 'hula hoop' of days gone by.  The twisted 28 ga would probably have about
> .5~1pf per inch and would be similar to the tuning capacitor found at the
> end of some DDRR configurations.   A well constructed DDRR had very good
> performance for a short antenna....

It would be worth trying both ways.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

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