I've finished my magloop, and have a few questions.

I made the antenna according to Reg's magloop program.

Octagon loop, 7.3 meters diameter

19.05 conductor diameter

100 watts output

3 meters above ground (though not for testing)

average soil

The diameter of the coupling loop is .420 meters in diameter. Since I
saw this param changing all over the place as I changed frequencies in
the program, I just chose a diameter from somewhere in the 40 meter
band. The loop is done up as a Faraday loop from coax, circular, and
placed in the traditional position. Continuity has been measured.

All seems to be well, but when attaching the antenna analyzer to the
thing, I get infinitely high SWR in most places (understandable) with a
foray into around 100-300 ohms on what I think may be the tuned frequency.

Anyone know why my measurements could be so far off? At first I thought
the loop could be cut wrong, but just using the program shows a wide
variation in loop sizes, so I doubt that is correct.

TIA - Mike KB3EIA -