[Lowfer] Small Loop Making Ideas

[Zack Widup]

That's a good idea but I'm not concerned about wind loading as my antenna 
is surrounded by buildings much larger than it.  Over the last year the 
wind hasn't done anything to it.

I used #18 stranded wire.  I managed to find a large roll of it at a local 
hardware store.  It was the only one they had in stock, as they said there 
didn't seem to be a demand for it and the roll had been gathering dust for 
a few years. So they made me a deal!
:-)

73, Zack

On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Peter Barick wrote:

> Zack et All,
>
> Gotcha ... I sought to minimize wind load, hence the 3/8In arms. Also the end pieces allow full winding space. One could also notch them to aid in holding windings. That's labor intensive, as is drilling holes for wire, here 20 per end. The simpler way is to affix the windings with Silicone compound, but it must be worked to contact the wires and the end piece. It sets up in a few hours. The main wind loading will be upon the center hub, and I've "aired" it out a bit.
>
> I was happy with the winding process this time. When the windings slipped, they stopped at the re-enforced edges. Later just pushed them back for "gluing.".
>
> Don't think this means will work with heavy solid wire (Zack's choice), however. Mine was 20-22 gauge.
>
> Mike, I'll definitely take a few pics of this one. Mike has one of the 12Ft loop on his site.
>
>>>> Zack Widup <w9sz at prairienet.org> 11/06/08 10:57 AM >>>
>
>>> I don't think of a 7-foot loop as "small" unless I'm comparing it to my
>
> --Well, all relative  ;=}
>
>>> holes thru the PVC to hold the wires.  Took me a whole day to thread wire
>>> for 20 turns through that thing! But the wires aren't going anywhere.
>
> --Yeeks, "whole day" !
> <...>
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