[Lowfer] Lowfer antenna on 75-meters???

Sun, 08 Sep 2002 07:42:41 -0700

WE0H wrote:
> 
> Hi Ed,
> I was referring to low frequency 1750-meter beacon transmit antennas being
> used on HF. I was using my 50'x50' loop on 75-meters last night and today
> with great results as long as the stations were out past 100 miles during
> the day. I worked a mobile last night that was a few hundred miles away.
> 
> Mike>WE0H
> http://www.we0h.us/lf.html
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of Ed Phillips
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 3:25 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Lowfer antenna on 75-meters???
> 
> WE0H wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone tried their Lowfer TX antenna on 75-meters??? I just tuned mine
> > up with a pie type tuner and worked a mobile in Milwaukee Wisconsin. I
> left
> > the Loop Tuner Box inline and set for 185.303kc and just connected the
> coax
> > to it.
> >
> > Mike>WE0H

	I kind of suspected that after reading a bit more of the replies. 
Seems to me that a "big" (at 75 meters) loop like that should do very
well if it were matched right.

Ed