If you feed the loop at the bottom middle, it will be horizontally polarized,
and be pretty doggy for DX because of it's low height above ground.
If you feed it 1/4 wave down from the top on one side, it will play much better
for DX because it will act like a pair of phased verticals.
Neat thing is as a vertical it needs no radials - the bottom leg acts as a
counterpoise.
>From a 70' tower, rig a 20' crossarm to support the tops of a pair of loops,
>and feed them simply with 75 ohm coax for matching/loading, as in:
http://www.cebik.com/content/a10/wire/hsyg.html
This is a kick butt antenna, I claim as good as a 4-square, just lacking the
ability to switch in as many directions. I have mine set up pointing at EU one
way, covers most of the US the other way for SS...
This is such a great antenna I gave mine a rebuild after 10 years.
-Tony, K1KP
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