Hi Thom, The loop can be a antenna of choice for QRN/ QRM areas. The end fed antenna being unbalanced may have more noise than the loop. You will end up with more of a rectangular loop, or a horizontal "Hentenna".
For the higher bands, 20 and up you might investigate the compact beam designs like the Moxon rectangle. You might have to consider a loaded dipole. Even a loaded dipole, although shorter, will also carry the advantage of being a balanced antenna with fewer feeding unknowns. I would avoid running over neighbor's roofs, etc. and keep your antenna on your own property. Now you might try vertical dipoles. Sleeving the feed by bringing it down inside the tubing has shown on the Gap Titan, that the result is less noise pickup than with conventional quarter wave dipoles. A vertical of the "half wave" type, with linear decouplers for various bands can be a very good DX antenna when the bands are open. GL, Stuart K5KVH _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
