Nick, I notice the splash, too, with the corner-fed loop, and it does seem stronger than on my flag. The main advantage I see with a corner-fed loop is it can null all my locals (no phasing required) when oriented just right. I heard that a flag is optimized for a real impedance (~950 ohms) with the imaginary portion (Xc and Xl) at zero due to the center positions of the feed and termination points. For a corner-fed loop the feedpoint impedance would have more imaginary component which would have to be tuned out. Even so the antenna performs really well for this QTH.
Next weekend I'm going to convert the NW Flag over to a corner-fed loop with dual-termination NW/SE. Hopefully that will be an improvement, if not, an experiment. Anniversary "weekend" this weekend so won't get back to DXing/computer until next week. 73, Chris Knight Fort Lupton, CO _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
