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Equipment / Under The Eaves Horizontal Receive Loop or Random Wire Antenna?
« on: November 22, 2018, 1817 UTC »
I plan on installing an under the eaves horizontal loop antenna for receive only. The wire is spooled so I don't know the exact length but I estimate it to be 250 - 300 feet.
The wire 'mount' is a long screw to bring the wire off the wood. I wrapped the wire once around the screw to keep it taught until the next screw.
A few questions:
1) For a receive only loop, what is the best way to attach the coax feedline?
2) Which is better - using it as a long wire (free terminating end) or a loop (coax attached to each end)?
3) Would a dipole (terminated or not) perform better than the random length wire or not?
4) Does wrapping the wire around the screw 1 time affect performance?
Looking for feedback on making this antenna efficient.
The wire 'mount' is a long screw to bring the wire off the wood. I wrapped the wire once around the screw to keep it taught until the next screw.
A few questions:
1) For a receive only loop, what is the best way to attach the coax feedline?
2) Which is better - using it as a long wire (free terminating end) or a loop (coax attached to each end)?
3) Would a dipole (terminated or not) perform better than the random length wire or not?
4) Does wrapping the wire around the screw 1 time affect performance?
Looking for feedback on making this antenna efficient.
