I think that was well said all the way around. What do you think of them as receive only antennas, both as a two antenna system, and just for receivers only? If anyone is wondering what I mean by two antenna system, think about the Beverage antenna as receive only, and something else for transmit. This comes to mind because of the loops directivity and high Q, aka, less noise and QRM reception. So, is it equally inefficient at reception??
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On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:24 pm, Simon Thompson wrote:
The size of loop required above 20 m for any kind of transmission efficiency makes their use highly inefficient. I think they are neat antennas, and interesting in many ways, and I have made and used them myself, but I think of them, literally, as a last resort. Almost anything is better than a mag-loop; I know some people have success making qsos with them, but operators also make qsos with dummy loads. Even a short wire and counterpoise attached to some coax and a balun will work much better than a tuned loop. I know there will be people who reflexively respond to this with their own tales of amazing results, but a larger, more efficient antenna will almost always outperform a smaller, less efficient antenna.
