On 2005-11-08, Michael wrote:

Has anybody else had this experience with loops? It looks like I have room
to put up a triangular loop. Will this work as well?

Can I use the same tuner I have now and just feed a coax into a balun. Or,
should I put the balun in the tuner and come straight out with ladder line?

Following Walt's (W2DU) ideas, I have a 259' horizontal delta (triangle)
loop (two trees and a wooden pole) fed at almost middle of one side
(convenience, not design) by 450 ohm ladder line. This is soldered directly
to a ferrite bead choke balun (ala W2DU) which, via PL-259s and barrel
connector, goes to a very short piece of 50 ohm coax (about 6') directly
into the house to the unbalanced SO-239 input of my MFJ-941E. Works like a
charm on all bands 80-10m, no RF in the room, and good signal reports.

....Edwin, KD5ZLB
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