Pete.

The recent modeling I did in evaluating the effects of soil type for the Folded Counter Poise as a ground plane was a real eye opener as to how much soil conductivity affects the performance of any given antenna.

QUESTIONS:

1) What Kind of soil are you working with (conductivity, dielectric constant )

2) Tell us more about the radials that you have laid down? for both the K9AY and your Inverted L

3) What is the proximity to other antennas? in particular the 160 M Inv-L

Dave

NR1DX



On 1/31/2022 9:10 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
My K9AY loop (the commercial version from Array Solutions) seems to be kind of an indifferent performer.  I believe it is set up properly. and I've laid down a radial under each side of the loops, but while it shows some directivity on high-end broadcast stations, 160M directivity is limited to nil, signal strengths are rarely better than my inverted-L, and the adjusting the termination seems to make very little difference.  Any hints?

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