I'm surprised with all this talk of dipoles and doublets that no-one has mentioned loops. I'm not an antenna expert, but it has always seemed to me that the efficiency of an antenna is somewhat related to the amount of wire in the radiating element.
You can get more wire in a loop round the periphery of an attic than you will get in a dipole strung in the apex of it. It may not give a 50 ohm match, but nor will the dipole except at one frequency. If you feed it with ladder line and a balun, or a very short length of co-ax, feeder losses will be kept to a minimum. That's what I use. 73 de Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 G4ILO's Shack: http://www.g4ilo.com _______________________________________________ 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
