Vertical Antenna vs Horizontal Loop Antenna
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 เม.ย. 2021
- I decided to do a practical experiment to show the signal difference between a quarter wave vertical and a full wave horizontal loop. Whats better? Have a watch and see.
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Great video Colin! Nice to see the comparison. The tune you chose is excellent btw! I'm a working musician who plays exactly that type of music.
Of all the antennas I’ve experimented with, including your own, what works well in one location doesn’t necessarily work as well in another. I’ve never owned what some advertise as a ‘killer’ antenna, I just work with my location and switch between what on the day is best for the band and where the signal are coming from. I’m not surprised by your conclusions - but you are lucky to be near salt water and have that super vertical for DX. I’ve successfully attached a loop around the top of my wooden fence panels and it worked! it’s the magic of radio. Great experiment and thoroughly enjoyed watching. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Exactly Mike, you have the experience to know what to use where and when. The experimenting is what I enjoy most.
Again a good one Colin, the loop seems a good option, i don’t have a garden to put up antennas but i do know a few location i could put a low level one up, thanks for taking the time to do another excellent Video. Wonder if your fav salt water location would manage a loop with some of it over the water, that would be very interesting too
Thanks brendan. That's in the plan. It's just getting an operating window over low water.
Amazing win a loop that close to ground how quiet it is and how good signals are Colin!
A surprise for sure but a good one.
Great comparison I have never used a loop so far!
Definitely worth a try
@@MM0OPXFieldRadio one of these days Colin, first I want to try your vertical setup for 40m and up. As you stated in other videos the fly reels are the hard to source part. Would love to make a small version that I might be able to throw in a backpack.
@@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures also thinking about that chuck. I have an idea in my head to get the size down a bit. I will drop you a mail about the reels.
@@MM0OPXFieldRadio sounds good!
I like to do these test as well. My 160m loop has as much gain on 20m as my 3 element yagi on 20m. The massive lobes on the loop make it not a great transmitting antenna on 20m though . Height matters for transmitting at good angles
I previously had an 80m loop and I agree. Some signals were as strong on that as it was on my Hexbeam.
Does your 160 m loop tune on all bands 160 to 10 with an auto tuner?
@@weslewis8748 yes it does with a 4 :1 current balun.
Great video a loop will always beat a vertical for a better signal. The lower it is the lower the feed impedence. If its high you would need a 4 to 1 balun but low you can directly feed with coax. Its a harmonic antenna that will work great on other bands 20 15 10 6 you might need a touch up tune for s few. Operate your loop at greyline and later and you will make tons of good qso's. Good luck m8 73's
AA4CP Chuck
Port Salerno FL USA
Definitely, plan on using this lots. Thinking about even trying ladder line as a feed to a balanced tuner which would work 80m up.
Loops do "sound" better to me. I would take a better signal to noise ratio over big signals every time.
Totally agree. Somehow its a fuller sound. In this instance the signal of the loop wasn't ever less than the vertical so good bonus.
@@MM0OPXFieldRadio You can't possibly be serious.
@@feeatlastfeeatlast5283 to my ears yes, listen to last couple of stations. Each to their own.
@@MM0OPXFieldRadio There is not a shred of scientific evidence to make such a claim. When you post things like this it undermines the entire ham radio service - makes us all appear stupid. There are gullible people everywhere who will believe anything. Being through the last four years in the US I know of what I speak!
What a load of nonsense. My opinion, if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it? People should make up their own minds based on multiple sources of information, I do.