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![]() "KC1DI" wrote in message ... Cecil Moore wrote: Stefan Bürbaum wrote: -- SNIP-- I Remember back in early 60's a number of hams in my home town built clover leaf antennas for 2 & 6 meters.. if my memory serves me right they were horizontally mounted and worked quite well for 2 & 6 Mtr AM in those days .. I used one as a novice for 2 mtrs. Novices had 2m AM priviledges back then. But I had nothing to compare it to so can't say it was better or worse tnan any other 2m antenna. Also if memory serves me right it was mad up of 3 heart shaped full wave loops condected in paralell and fed with a single coaxial line. 73 Dave Kc1di I still have such an antenna -- for two meters. It is the Cuschcraft Big Wheel. It consists of 3 vertex-rounded triangular elements. I think they are a full wavelength with one side of each connected to the center conductor of the coax and the other side of each connected to ground. So it looks like a cloverleaf. It produces an omni-directional pattern. My antenna has four of these stacked with phasing harnesses. The original inquiry mentioned for use at broadcast frequencies, so I doubt that the Big Wheel is what is meant. Ed, N5EI |