[Elecraft] Antenna suggestions, resent

[Gil G.]

Certainly, but I've reached Russia with mine (21ft. perimeter) using 5W with the loop inside the house on the second floor, turned the wrong way.. So, they do work really well.. If you're into contesting, I understand, otherwise, you don't need more than a few Watts CW, maybe 25 for SSB. You can find vacuum capacitors on Ebay for $150.. I use a $60 air capacitor rated for 4.5KV, used it with my 12W KX3, no arcing..

Gil.
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On Sep 28, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Vic, K2VCO wrote:

> The problem with the magloop is that it's hard to build one that can handle more than about 100 watts. The voltage across the capacitor gets astronomical!