Chuckle - Rick, the snake lost, but for the rest of the night every time the
mike or headphone cord cast a shadow the phone operator was sure it was the
snake's mate, come back to get him. He was still upset at the end of FD, some
12 hours later.
I had a horizontal loop up from 1994 until 2002, when the 40 acres of woodland
behind this house was sold and the bulldozers came in. 280 feet 6 inches of
wire at 40 feet, resonant at 3.78, almost perfectly square, with the near wire
running due north and south. I had a couple of days to get my wire down before
neighborhood ugly-fication set in, so at least I had a little warning.
(And before someone thinks that's too long for resonance - a thin wire HF loop
with 90 degree corners will be resonant at around 1050/f plus or minus for
height, instead of the book's 1005/f.)
I miss it - it was my "ragchewing around the area" antenna. The dipole is less
effective, alas, but we must all make way for "progress." Even if "progress"
means a bunch of cookie cutter tract homes.
73 Pete Allen AC5E
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