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I've done that "wire around the house" thingy and it seemed to work well, or well enough. Basically started as a random length wire and turned into a full wave loop on 80 meters. Originally fed it with a 1/4 wave of 75 ohm which worked, not well bu it worked. Then changed to ladder line and that made a world of difference in my particular circumstances. Naturally, used a tuner with that ladder line. No, the house wasn't that big (260 feet around, but there were trees at each corner. Used some thing like #14 wire for most of it, pieced together whatever else I had to make the full length.
I like loops! The bigger the better to some ridiculous extent. They can be used on higher bands and even provided some gain in particular directions. Some times that works out well, sometimes not.
Try different things, won't hurt a bit. Or much, anyway...
- 'Doc

<blockquote data-quote="W5LZ" data-source="post: 313032" data-attributes="member: 129">I&#039;ve done that &quot;wire around the house&quot; thingy and it seemed to work well, or well enough.&nbsp; Basically started as a random length wire and turned into a full wave loop on 80 meters.&nbsp; Originally fed it with a 1/4 wave of 75 ohm which worked, not well bu it worked.&nbsp; Then changed to ladder line and that made a world of difference in my particular circumstances.&nbsp; Naturally, used a tuner with that ladder line.&nbsp; No, the house wasn&#039;t that big (260 feet around, but there were trees at each corner.&nbsp; Used some thing like #14 wire for most of it, pieced together whatever else I had to make the full length.I like loops!&nbsp; The bigger the better to some ridiculous extent.&nbsp; They can be used on higher bands and even provided some gain in particular directions.&nbsp; Some times that works out well, sometimes not.Try different things, won&#039;t hurt a bit.&nbsp; Or much, anyway...&nbsp;- &#039;Doc</blockquote>

[QUOTE="W5LZ, post: 313032, member: 129"] I've done that "wire around the house" thingy and it seemed to work well, or well enough. Basically started as a random length wire and turned into a full wave loop on 80 meters. Originally fed it with a 1/4 wave of 75 ohm which worked, not well bu it worked. Then changed to ladder line and that made a world of difference in my particular circumstances. Naturally, used a tuner with that ladder line. No, the house wasn't that big (260 feet around, but there were trees at each corner. Used some thing like #14 wire for most of it, pieced together whatever else I had to make the full length. I like loops! The bigger the better to some ridiculous extent. They can be used on higher bands and even provided some gain in particular directions. Some times that works out well, sometimes not. Try different things, won't hurt a bit. Or much, anyway... - 'Doc [/QUOTE]

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