Hi All,

I am looking for my "perfect antenna". It should work on 75m-6m, with NVIS on
75m & 40m and good DX for 20m and above. Above all it must fit in my backyard
which is 34 by 50 feet. The use of a tuner and/or balanced line is fine.

By perfect, I mean an antenna that gets the RF out (reasonable efficiency as a
percentage).

At first, I considered a random loop of 34 ft by 50 ft, at about 20 to 30 feet
high, with window line, but am having second thoughts.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Randy KA4NMA

try putting up the loop anyway...and opening it opposit of the feedpoint for
use on 80 meters. I will probably work just fine.
"Theplanters95" wrote in message
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Hi All,

I am looking for my "perfect antenna". It should work on 75m-6m, with
NVIS on
75m & 40m and good DX for 20m and above. Above all it must fit in my
backyard
which is 34 by 50 feet. The use of a tuner and/or balanced line is fine.

By perfect, I mean an antenna that gets the RF out (reasonable efficiency
as a
percentage).

At first, I considered a random loop of 34 ft by 50 ft, at about 20 to 30
feet
high, with window line, but am having second thoughts.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Randy KA4NMA

On 03 Mar 2004 06:35:41 GMT, ospam
(Theplanters95) wrote:

Hi All,

I am looking for my "perfect antenna". It should work on 75m-6m, with NVIS on
75m & 40m and good DX for 20m and above. Above all it must fit in my backyard
which is 34 by 50 feet. The use of a tuner and/or balanced line is fine.

By perfect, I mean an antenna that gets the RF out (reasonable efficiency as a
percentage).

At first, I considered a random loop of 34 ft by 50 ft, at about 20 to 30 feet
high, with window line, but am having second thoughts.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Randy KA4NMA


Randy ,

I Think the loop would work well for you under the perameters you
mentioned.. it should be good NVIS on 80 & 40 and begin to show low
angle radiation above those bands. you may have to do so work to get
it load well for you on 80m though it's a bit short there..

I've use a 520' Horizontal loop here for number of years with good
results.. it averages about 30' above ground.

73 Dave

I had a loop that was about 200 feet, and it was triangular.

The only reason I took it down was that the way my trees had grown it was
getting tangled on a regular basis.

Fed it with 300 ohm tv line. Several different tuners WITHOUT a balun
worked fine on the loop. I also used a Balanced (Johnson matchbox) tuner on
the loop with good results.

John
KA9CAR



"KC1DI" wrote in message
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On 03 Mar 2004 06:35:41 GMT, ospam
(Theplanters95) wrote:

Hi All,

I am looking for my "perfect antenna". It should work on 75m-6m, with
NVIS on
75m & 40m and good DX for 20m and above. Above all it must fit in my
backyard
which is 34 by 50 feet. The use of a tuner and/or balanced line is fine.

By perfect, I mean an antenna that gets the RF out (reasonable efficiency
as a
percentage).

At first, I considered a random loop of 34 ft by 50 ft, at about 20 to 30
feet
high, with window line, but am having second thoughts.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Randy KA4NMA


Randy ,

I Think the loop would work well for you under the perameters you
mentioned.. it should be good NVIS on 80 & 40 and begin to show low
angle radiation above those bands. you may have to do so work to get
it load well for you on 80m though it's a bit short there..

I've use a 520' Horizontal loop here for number of years with good
results.. it averages about 30' above ground.

73 Dave