Roy Lewallen wrote:

Tony Giacometti wrote:
Roy Lewallen wrote:

Tony Giacometti wrote:
it is a shielded loop and no the gap is there, thats why I am wondering
why its not doing what I thought it would do.

Roy, I don't fully understand why you made this response to me.
You mentionI built a truly shielded loop. How so? I did exactly what the
directions called for including having a gap.

My apology. I too-quickly and incorrectly read your "and no the gap is
there" as "no gap is there". My statement about your creating a truly
shielded loop was wrong. The loop with the gap should work as intended.

If these loops are a folk tale, other than using a beverage which I don't
have the room for, how am I going to reduce the noise enough to be able
to woprk 160 and 75 meters effectively?

"Shielded" loops aren't a folk tale, they work fine. They have a broad
pattern with, if constructed properly, narrow and deep nulls. It's a
mistaken idea about how they work that's the folk tale.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Roy, you scared the daylights out of me for a minute,

By the way, any idea why this loop might be under performing?