You can use a simple vertical LOOP made
from one piece of HEAVY, well insulated wire and one vacuum variable
capacitor...
Advantages:
No need of many wires dug into the ground
to lose power
No hoisting many top load wires and
associated rigging
No lossy loading coils and messy matching
networks
No retuning when the weather
changes
No high voltages to start
fires
No 'E' noises in LOOP
antenna
Simple tuning with one capacitor from
17khz. to 50 mhz.
( I use auto tuner when connected to HF
rig )
Simple Toroid transformer makes for easy,
balanced coupling
It's all I use from VLF to 6 Meters, the
results speak for themselves, DX on HF too
Works much better than any wire antenna I
have tried so far, vertical or horizontal
Very poor ground conductivity here is
best for a loop ( approaches free space condition )
Disadvantages:
Marconi vertical is WAYYY too noisey
here, I took it down...
None noted since happy changeover,
thanks to much work and forethought by Bill Ashlock
WE2XGR/4
Next improvement is to parallel
2nd tuned parasitic loop in close proximity to lower effective 'R' and up
the 'Q'
TNX Dave @
WD2XSH/17
