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Old March 3rd 11, 03:50 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default WHY ? The Horizontal Loop Antenna -may-be- The Better Over-AllSWL Antenna !

On 03/03/2011 03:25 AM, RHF wrote:

- It works better than the 70' random wire,
- which used the same space.

Dave : Egg-Zak-Lee !

In the same Square Space :

The Longest Random/ Long Wire Antenna is
a Diagonal = 1.414

Where as a Wire [Perimeter] 'Loop' Antenna
is an all around Square {Loop} = 4.000

Which is 2.829 Times the Wire in the Air :
All Other Things Being =Equal=


The space being 10' above the ground from the back wall of my yard to
the front of my house (I don't build antennas in the front of the
house). I am using the same fiberglass pole at one corner, and the same
treated 2 by 2 pole at the opposite corner that defined the random wire.
I have added another pair of corners.