Dan Barker wrote:
Anybody have any idea how an 80m loop would work at 3m height?
It would probably work adequately as an NVIS (near vertical incidence
something-or-other) antenna. In other words, you would have *very*
strong signals out to a couple of hundred miles on 40 meters, a little
less on 80. It will not work well for longer paths, although I'm sure
there will be surprises.
However, I would prefer a doublet if the loop has to go around houses,
etc. The reason is that a loop will magnetically couple to house
wiring, etc., making it much more prone to RFI and to noise pickup. A
simple doublet at this height, fed with ladder line and tuned by a good
balanced tuner will probably work as well or better than the loop with
fewer problems. You won't work a lot of DX with it, but you will have
good local coverage.
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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