[HCARC] 10 meter Loop

[Gary and Arlene Johnson]

EUREKA,  Thank You Kerry for the plain and simple answer.  You have no idea 
how much I apprecciate it and I am glad to know that it is useable.

Gary J
N5"BAA"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry Sandstrom" <kerryk5ks at hughes.net>
To: "Gary and Arlene Johnson" <qltfnish at omniglobal.net>; "Dale Gaudier" 
<dale.gaudier at windstream.net>
Cc: <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [HCARC] 10 meter Loop


> Yes, that would make a great 40 m vertical.  For any reasonable size 
> aluminum tubing you will not be able to tell/measure the difference.  My 
> vertical has about 1" dia tubing at the bottom and about 1/4" at the top. 
> The design was 100% driven by mechanical requirements and not electrical.. 
> Aluminum is lighter weight than copper plated steel and easier to support. 
> If you already have the copper plated steel, the price is certainly right! 
> It may require guy wires to make it structurally sound, but electrically 
> it will work fine.  By the way, the bottom end has to be insulated from 
> the ground or it becomes challenging to match/feed.  If you have a good 
> antenna tuner, it will work an any frequency from about 3.5 MHz through 30 
> MHz.
>
> Kerry
>