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If I disconnected one side of the loop from balun, at that point (at
least from what I have looked at on the web) it is similar to an
inverted L with the wire wondering around instead of going off in one
direction like it should. At that point, an inverted L would need
radials. Problem is, this is right at the back side of my house, there
is a deck and then an above ground pool. So looking at it from above, I
could only get radials on about a 90 degree portion. Seems like a lot
of trouble to go to for such a small foot print.
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Sounds to me like the loop is up in the air and the feedline drops down
to near the ground, right outside the house. It then goes
into a balun, and coax runs from the balun into the shack. Hope that's
right.
If so, what I would do is this:
1) Disconnect *both* wires of the feedline from the balun. Tie them
together.
2) Disconnect coax from balun
3) Connect an unbalanced tuner (simple L network?) between balun and
the two feedline wires which are tied together.
4) Connect ground system to tuner
5) Adjust tuner for minimum SWR
In such a system the vertical feedline does much of the radiating. The
loop does some, and also acts as a sort of top-hat loading. The main
benefit is the feedpoint Z
Of course you need a ground system, and the pool/deck are in the way.
So run the wires and rods that you can. Better than nothing.
If it were me, I'd try this out temporarily (wires on top of ground,
tuner in a plastic bag to keep the weather off, etc.) just to see how
it works. If it seemed OK, then I'd do a permanent system with relays,
remote-control tuner, buried radials, etc., when the weather improves.
73 de Jim, N2EY
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