Roger Adam wrote:

a bunch of good info snipped

Thanks for all that Roger.

The icing on the cake would be if we establish contact via the loops on 20
metres!!

That would be great, Roger! I'm in the middle of Pennsylvania, and I
take it you're in Great Britain. The path should be good in my
afternoon/your evening.

I'm taking Reg's suggestion and skipping the Farady loop, and going to
plain wire. My coax just keeps getting shorter... and shorter, so I'll
switch before I have to buy new!

- Mike KB3EIA -