Joe,
> However, the Waller Flag is a dual loop that trades off signal for
> pattern.
I agree. But I believe it's gain is very low mostly because it's made up of
electrically very small loops.
A very small loop has its main lobes in the plane of the loop - not
perpendicular to the plane of the loop as in a quarter-wave-on-a-side loop
in a Quad antenna. When a very small loop is mounted horizontally, there's
a null in the pattern towards the ground. So even though it's mounted
horizontally, it is less susceptible to the effects of the ground.
> The LOG is a horizontally polarized antenna nearly on the "boundary"
> where the horizontally polarized signal goes to zero. The better
> the ground (higher conductivity), the worse (lower) the signal level
> from the LOG (thank you Dr. Maxwell).
I also agree with Dr. Maxwell. But a very small loop mounted horizontally
is not like a big antenna mounted horizontally.
And Nick is correct - KK5JY shows a two-loop system farther on down - it's
kind of approaching a horizontal Waller Flag.
Carl K9LA
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