Mal,
This is what I have been saying all along about loops and power levels
around the 1W plus on LF. The only sensible antenna for transmitting on LF
is a vertical to cater for medium and higher power levels.
Gee, Mal, if all of us follow this general statement of yours, you will have
few new stations to contact (as you were complaining about only a month
ago). All debates aside, at least the loop allows a way for a number of us
to transmit on LF .......... with sites impossible on which to erect a
vertical. And don't be concerned about the 100w power level, proposed in the
US, over- driving a 50'x50' loop. A 12Ga wire has no problem with the 8.3A
of current at 100W.
BTW: The number of TX loop using Lowfers will likely outnumber the number of
vertical using Lowfers (the active ones) in the US this winter!
Bill A
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