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I didn't have it up long until I was turning it into a 2 element Quad.

It began its life cycle as a horizontal Loop Skywire, which generated a healthy discussion.

Then it became a vertically mounted and polarized loop before transitioning into the 2el Quad.

If memory serves me, I may have mentioned that in the thread Outdoor Loop
The loop required an impedance transformer as it has a natural impedance just exceeding 100 Ohms. For that I used an e1/4ƛ 75 Ohm RG59 section of coax.

ƛ/4 x .66 = length, ƛ determined by your center frequency. In my case 35.92* /4 x .66 = 5.9268 or 6'

wavelength calculator

*27.385 MHz

<blockquote data-quote="HomerBB" data-source="post: 403799" data-attributes="member: 8569">I didn&#039;t have it up long until I was turning it into a 2 element Quad.<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/outdoor%20loop/0002.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />It began its life cycle as a horizontal Loop Skywire, which generated a healthy discussion.<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/outdoor%20loop/6240.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Then it became a vertically mounted and polarized loop before transitioning into the 2el Quad.<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/outdoor%20loop/6303.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />If memory serves me, I may have mentioned that in the thread <a href="http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/130572-outdoor-loop.html?highlight=outdoor+loop" target="_blank">Outdoor Loop</a>The loop required an impedance transformer as it has a natural impedance just&nbsp; exceeding 100 Ohms. For that I used an e1/4ƛ 75 Ohm RG59 section of coax.ƛ/4 x .66 = length, ƛ determined by your center frequency. In my case 35.92* /4 x .66 = 5.9268 or 6&#039; <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~olneytj/wavecalc.htm" target="_blank">wavelength calculator</a>*27.385 MHz</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HomerBB, post: 403799, member: 8569"] [B]I didn't have it up long until I was turning it into a 2 element Quad.[/B] [IMG]http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/outdoor%20loop/0002.jpg[/IMG] [B] It began its life cycle as a horizontal Loop Skywire, which generated a healthy discussion.[/B] [IMG]http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/outdoor%20loop/6240.jpg[/IMG] [B]Then it became a vertically mounted and polarized loop before transitioning into the 2el Quad.[/B] [IMG]http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/Chal_Cirilo/outdoor%20loop/6303.jpg[/IMG] [B]If memory serves me, I may have mentioned that in the thread [COLOR=Blue][URL="http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/130572-outdoor-loop.html?highlight=outdoor+loop"]Outdoor Loop[/URL] [COLOR=Black]The loop required an impedance transformer as it has a natural impedance just exceeding 100 Ohms. For that I used an e1/4ƛ 75 Ohm RG59 section of coax. ƛ/4 x .66 = length, ƛ determined by your center frequency. In my case 35.92* /4 x .66 = 5.9268 or 6' [URL="http://home.comcast.net/~olneytj/wavecalc.htm"][COLOR=Blue]wavelength calculator[/COLOR][/URL] *27.385 MHz [/COLOR][/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]

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