I tried to send you a more detailed direct comment but your spam
settings are very restrictive. In brief, you will only end up with the
equivalent of a large wire loop for transmitting, and you will get
essentially zero benefit of the hardline shield for receiving (see
http://www.w8ji.com/magnetic_receiving_loops.htm ). The hardline will be
a lot of extra effort for no advantage ...
73,
Dave AB7E
Fred Mott wrote:
> I am planning to install a large loop antenna for 160/80/40 meters on my
> 155’ Rohn 45G tower. I have been reading all the articles and information
> that I have seen. I plan on using ½ inch vinyl coated hardline rather than
> wire. I have read all I could find on electrostatically shielded loops. I
> seem to think that the hardline would work with its outer aluminum conductor
> being the shield and the inter-conductor copper wire as the loop. The
> shield would be open at the top of the tower. The loop would be close to a
> diamond shape in a vertical plane perpendicular to the earth. I would
> assume that the velocity factor of the hardline .81 would change the formula
> from 1005/f to 814/f. The hardline from the loop will intersect the tower
> at approximately 10 to 15 feet and would go straight down through a PVC tube
> into the basement of my Orchard Storage Building. At that point the coax
> shields would be bonded together to a bus bar that connects to the tower’s
> grounding system and the inter conductors would connect to a Ten Tec 253
> antenna tuner.
>
>
>
> I would like to hear from anyone that has had any experience with the
> Electrostatically Shielded Loop Antenna. What do you think? Fred Mott,
> AB8AH
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