Why not try a double layered loop? Feed with a 4:1 balun about 1/4 of
the way from the corner on the 40 ft side, make a spiral, and send the
other side back to the balun. Separate the two layers by about 10
feet, get it at least 15 feet off the ground at the bottom, and it
should work.

In that small of a garden, you're going to have to compromise.. might
as well get as much wire in the air as you can.

-SSB

M3 wrote:
Hi,

Any designs for a small antenna to work on 160M? My garden is approx 40ft x
17ft.

Post links here.

Thanks.

sideband wrote in message . com...
Why not try a double layered loop? Feed with a 4:1 balun about 1/4 of
the way from the corner on the 40 ft side, make a spiral, and send the
other side back to the balun. Separate the two layers by about 10
feet, get it at least 15 feet off the ground at the bottom, and it
should work.

In that small of a garden, you're going to have to compromise.. might
as well get as much wire in the air as you can.

-SSB

I don't think double layering will have much change, except for where
it's resonant. It should still act pretty much the same as a single
turn loop of that size.
Myself, I think he would be best off going with a very high
performance short vertical. A loop is gonna be a skywarmer, and a
lukewarm one at best. I would layer the garden with almost solid
metal, preferably copper wires, or whatever, and run the best,
tallest, lowest loss vertical he could get away with. I'd top load it
if at all possible. That will greatly improve the current
distribution.
With a good vertical, he would at least have a chance of having a
decent signal.
For long haul, nothing else he could install would touch it. I like
the inv L idea, but I assume he can't do that for some reason.

M3 wrote:
Hi,

Any designs for a small antenna to work on 160M? My garden is approx 40ft x
17ft.

If you line that garden with a lot of radials under the ground, you
could have acceptable losses for what you have to work with. Most loss
is directly at the base of the vertical. Plant a lot of radials lining
the garden, and you will do ok. MK