[Lowfer] Renewed Medfer Activity
Ed Phillips
[email protected]
Sun, 31 Aug 2003 10:33:14 -0700
[email protected] wrote:
>
> Bill
>
> there were some articles in QST using copper pipe loops for 160
> and they worked well ,, but wit the lessened BW. Not sure what the
> antenna limits are for Pt 15 at this freq. Guess a loop would size the
> same as for
> pt 15 on 180 Kcs,,, I O W kinda like 50 Ft or kinda like 10 Ft.
>
> actually the 160 meter loop was pretty small recall abt 8/10 ft dia
>
> HAR
Of course, the reduced bandwidth meant a higher Q and hence a greater
efficiency. You could build a loop with say #30 wire, but while it
would be nice and light the Q and efficiency would be nil.
Ed