In article , "Clint" rattlehead at
computron dot net writes:

I live in texas where there is plenty of room to do anything
you want... and yes, my yard has plenty of room to stretch
a 160m dipole if I wanted to... but if somebody wanted
to get on 160m and hasn't the realestate, they could always
hang a loop sky wire that only require 1/4 wave on any
given side instead of 1/2 of horizontal space; i.e., half
the area needed.

Let's see - a 160 meter square loop is about 140 feet on a side. Many hams
don't have enough room for a full size 80 meter dipole......

The loop will also be a cloud-warmer unless it is very high up. Much better off
with an inverted L.