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Equipment / Re: Everything you wanted to know about my antenna farm, but were afraid to ask
« on: February 17, 2019, 1421 UTC »
Concerning your sky loop: gain continues to increase with increase in freq I.e. multiples of wavelengths over fumdamental. Also, as freq increases angle of reception becomes lower and lower off the sides. Could be it recieves at too low an angle for your needs above 19meters.. At the fundamental freq it picks up mostly at 90 degrees or overhead. Also, as freq increases feedline losses become more of an issue especially with a feedline impedance mismatch. That's the downside to feeding it with lossy feedline like coax. Overall the big horizontal loop is a very effective antenna for general coverage recieve. I wish I had one!