Tony Giacometti wrote in
news:bMednQ1HY8JTVN7anZ2dnUVZ_gGdnZ2d@hawaiiantel. net:
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sorry, I'm not trying to be an ass here but the diagram I have shows 3
connections to the cap. 2 for the loop and one for the center
conductor of the feedline.

Is my diagram whats confusing the issue?


Here is a diagram of what I suggested:
http://www.vk1od.net/SmallTunedSquareLoop/index.2.gif .

The variable capacitor needs to be 0-400pF. The fixed capacitor should be
at least 1000pF.

If you couldn't arrive at this circuit from the word description, and you
aren't being silly, then it questions whether your intial construction
was based on misinterpretation of the original article.

Here is an even better idea:
http://www.vk1od.net/SmallTunedSquareLoop/index.3.gif .

There is only one change here, the inner conductor is bonded to the outer
conductor at the left hand side of the shield gap. Ask yourself why that
improves things... some will suggest it just halved the loop size, but it
hasn't.



Owen