I was not going to get into this but it keep coming up . I agree with Bill and
Earl. I have all (3) of these antennas. The loop for sure is a sky burner, You
can work dx with it , I have worked DF2PY as well as other EU. Stations with
the loop and the dipole . But there is a LOT of different as much 10 db. some
time more with on vertical . The only time the loop is better than my verticals
is when I talk to the guys over the mountain in the LA. , Area . That about 70
miles south of me. At time I can not hear the guys on the vertical . The loop
works good for local rag chewing and keeping in touch with the many friend I
have in Orange County, and La . area . In most case the loop is better than
the dipole,, If a station is broad side to the dipole there's not much
different if any I can see here . Good luck to all
73 Randy W6OAR
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The differences I sometimes see between my low and high angle
systems are truly staggering (I.e. ~10 dB) when conditions are right. I'm
not talking 2 dB but 2 S-units! I'll hasten to add that I would love to
have a VE2CV antenna for the same reason I cited before...you can never
have too many antennas. :-)
73, Bill W4ZV
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