[HCARC] early report on my loop

[Lew King]

Gale, KM4DR, and I finished tweaking on my 580' horizontal loop this past
Thursday, and I just got a report on it when I checked into the Magnolia
Section Phone Net in Mississippi on 3862.5mHz this morning.

George, N5GH, the Net Control, said I had the loudest signal he had heard
from me in years!  Not a technical report, but an insightful one for me from
a seasoned DXer and veteran ham friend.

I am grateful to Gale for his help in getting the loop up and tweaked.  It's
about 30' in the air on some live oak trees and is roughly in a rectangle
shape using 16ga bare copper wire and fed by a 450 ohm ladderline into a 4:1
Balun Designs balun.

Many thanks to Gary N5BAA for inspiring me with his emails about loops.

 

Lew

W5LEW