Re: LF: Ground loss diffferences between loops and verticals

["Dave Sergeant" <dsergeant@connectfree.co.uk>]

W0EH wrote:
> Get that bottom run at least 5' up from the ground and it will work much
> better. Do you have any trees to string the #12 wire in??? I have a LF loop
> with the top run at 60 to 70'. The bottom run is adjustable for testing
> purposes. It is strung over two big trees per Bill Ashlock's advise. I call
> it my Ashlock loop.
Although this is good advice, it depends on individual circumstances.  In my 
case
raising the base would reduce the overall area as I cannot increase the overall
height.  But there again I don't have a 100 foot guyed tower in my garden...

Dave G3YMC
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