Magloop woes
I've finished my magloop, and have a few questions.
I made the antenna according to Reg's magloop program.
Octagon loop, 7.3 meters diameter
19.05 conductor diameter
100 watts output
3 meters above ground (though not for testing)
average soil
The diameter of the coupling loop is .420 meters in diameter. Since I
saw this param changing all over the place as I changed frequencies in
the program, I just chose a diameter from somewhere in the 40 meter
band. The loop is done up as a Faraday loop from coax, circular, and
placed in the traditional position. Continuity has been measured.
All seems to be well, but when attaching the antenna analyzer to the
thing, I get infinitely high SWR in most places (understandable) with a
foray into around 100-300 ohms on what I think may be the tuned frequency.
Anyone know why my measurements could be so far off? At first I thought
the loop could be cut wrong, but just using the program shows a wide
variation in loop sizes, so I doubt that is correct.
TIA - Mike KB3EIA -
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