Thanks, Tom - looks like running that "bottom wire" would be "worth it" 'cuz I
have one 4' ground rod near where I want to install the EWE so that saves the
cost of buying another rod...Hi Hi.
Appreciate the quick response! 72, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV
> From: w8ji@w8ji.com
> To: rodenkirch_llc@msn.com; topband@contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 08:19:12 -0500
> Subject: Re: Topband: Antenna analysers in close proximity to BC station
>
> > So, I'm looking at setting a EWE antenna up - what happens if I simply
> > make it a full loop? In other words, instead of driving 4' ground rods in
> > at both ends I run a wire between the bottom of the terminating resistor
> > and the matching balun.....I'm going to try the shorter version first - 10
> > feet up and 21 feet across so the full loop will be 62' of wire in that
> > rectangular shape.
> >
>
> All EWE's, Flags, Pennants, K9AY's, and everything else are just small
> terminated loops. They all act like a pair of short verticals that have the
> cross-fire feedline phasing integrated into the horizontal conductor
> distance, with the vertical drops actually being the desired antennas.
>
> You could run a wire across the bottom, except the antenna load and source
> are not symmetrically placed. This means you would have to ground the bottom
> wire to prevent the system from being negatively impacted by the
> asymmetrically of the load and source position.
>
> 73 Tom
>
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