[Elecraft] OT: Long loop antennas

[Vic Rosenthal]

Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> But it's real beauty is in the gain and, due to it's sheer size the
> resistance to QSB and non-critical dimensions. The performance of the
> rhombic has earned it the nick-name "King of Antennas". 

Rhombics have lots of history and folklore associated with them.  The 
great W6AM had an enourmous collection of rhombics overlooking the 
Pacific (see <http://home.swipnet.se/dx/porthole/w6am1.htm>).

Just the idea of a rhombic is powerful.  An Israeli friend of mine whose 
call will not be mentioned told me this story:  he was working at the 
Israeli coastal station 4XO near Herzeliya, and early one morning he 
decided to put a 10 KW transmitter on 40 meters to see what he could 
work.  Needless to say, the US hams he contacted didn't believe at first 
that he was actually in Israel, given that he was pinning their s-meters 
on 40 in the middle of the afternoon!  But they were convinced when he 
told them that the antenna was a rhombic.

-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco