[Elecraft] {OT} Alexloop Walkham Antenna

[Richard Donner]

Hi Stan
    I own an AlexLoop  and a few of us hams went into a park and did some
 signal comparisons on  20 meters.   We compared an
Alexloop,  a full size vertical with four radials, and a 1/2 wave  end fed
for 20 meters.
I used an a/b switch on receive and transmit.
The vertical beat out the other antennas by less than an  an s unit.   The
Alexloop was almost as good as the full size vertical.  The only drawbacks
I see with this antenna is that it needs to be in the clear.   It also has
a very narrow bandwidth maybe  30Khz.
On a SOTA activation  making phone contacts on 20 meters was quite doable
with 10 watts last year.   You will need an SWR meter with a needle to
catch the quick dips as you tune the loop.

 bye Richard