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Lee wrote:


With a low height "vertically polarized" loop the ground would never
hurt the antenna and always help it to some extent. The only exception
might be if the soil is so very poor it looks nearly invisible, or so
good it looks perfect.

Loam!!!....

I would not remove the ground mat, although 6 inches is pretty deep!

????.......mat was the wrong word i suppose....ground system if you
wish......

A small loop is a very inefficient radiator unless you do everything
perfectly, and if perfectly done it has mediocre efficiency.

Better than the small low antennas that i could fit into a 35` x 16`
garden... ;-)

So how did you build the loop?

Oh, the regular circular shape 10`x 0.625" tube with a `T` shaped frame
support and motor driven cap........

Lee......G6ZSG......