[Elecraft] 160m loop experiment a big failure

[W8JH]

I have an 80m horizontal loop which is above and encircles my house.  It is
fed with 600 ohm ladder line which I bring into the basement shack and use a
Palstar BT 1500 tuner.  With the tuner I use it on 6m-80m. The loop is only
broken where it enters the house to an ICE ground which is attached to a
ground rod and to the service ground.  I also have no RF problems even after
adding the KPA-500 to the mix.  K3, KPA-500, Palstar and computer all
grounded and tied to service ground.

The house is made of 9" thick exterior walls and 14" thick roof.  Both made
of a steel exterior frame and steel interior frame which is fully filled
with styrofoam.  Basically panels made with steel studs inside and out.  I
have no idea if that helps with RFI or not but it does help with utility
bills!

73,

Joe,  W8JH
K3 1713, KPA 132

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