Hi Tom, Thanks for your message. I have since borrowed a homebrew loop for
camparisons with my trap vertical. (I had to take my trap dipole down) Well
to put it straight I am amazed that a small 36" dia transmitting loop on 40
metres works every bit as good as my trapped vertical and with half the
noise level. I can actually hear the stations. They give me good reports and
when I switch to the vertical closer contacts give weaker reports but on DX
they both seem the same. This is with the loop 10 feet high off the ground.
Hope that is of interestto you....73 de Peter VK2EVB a loop convert.

"Tom Coates" wrote in message
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Monty, N5ESE, has described a loop construction project at
http://www.io.com/~n5fc/loop_ant.html

I haven't built one myself, but I plan to, once some other things are out
of
the way. There are other interesting projects and project ideas on Monty's
site.

Tom, N3IJ


"PMac" wrote in message
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Hi, I am in an area with a fairly high manmade, powerline noise and
interference level. I am thinking of building a magnetic loop for 160,
80
&
40 metres and was hoping that it would not be so susceptible to the
above
types of interference. Also the antenna size factor appeals to me but
comparisons with a dipole are hard to find. Any comments appreciated.

73 Peter VK2EVB