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I'd like o be able to work some low-band DX.
I'm trying to figure out how to feed a proposed delta loop antenna.In the documentation, such as in "Practical Wire Antennas" from the RSGB it is suggested that there is a lot of difference in the main angle of radiation from the antenna depending on where one puts the feedpoint. I don't argue with that, but I'd like to know whether that is because the effective mean height of the antenna varies according to the shape, or because of where the antenna is fed. Because I can support the antenna at about 100 feet, no matter how I orient the antenna, the effective mean height will be more than a half wave above ground, at least on forty and at twenty metres and higher, it will be more than a wavelength. Because it will be simpler to orient the antenna as an equilateral triangle with the base along the top, and fed at the apex (pointing down) does the feed location actually matter? Diagram A - Easiest to feed. --------------------------------------- 100 feet above ground \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / | | Diagram B Harder to Feed, and Feedline is 120 feet longer. --------------------------------------- 100 feet above ground \ ----- \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \/ Comments on how well either of these is likely to work are welcome. Bob, VE7HS |
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