Hi Mike,
A horizontally polarized loop -- or any other horizontally polarized
160 meter antenna -- has extremely poor sensitivity when installed
less than about 0.1 wavelenght above the ground. Even if you raise
a horizontally polarized loop to about 0.1 wavelength (50 feet on 160
meters) it will be a poor antenna for DXing because of its insensitivity
to low angles of arrival.
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu@w0mu.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 3:40:10 PM
Subject: Topband: WB6RSE Flag type loop question
Has anyone tried a loop like this in the Horizontal plane? I suppose
if one had an AZ mount they could try it from horizontal to Vertical.
His flag build was in the July 2015 QST.
W0MU
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