When I put up my K9AY loop, it was convenient to do so at a location in
my back yard where I already had a stub of tubing (from a defunct
birdhouse) protruding above ground. I didn't think about it before
this, but that puts the northeast lobe to Europe going through my house
at a distance of much less that 1/4 wavelength on 160. The house itself
is pretty RF-quiet, and the antenna seems to work (using it to select
one of two broadcast stations on the same frequency) but I'm wondering
if it would be worth the effort to move it to a location where it has a
clear shot to Europe
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73, Pete N4ZR
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