Over the last weekend I added 1000 feet of wire to my existing loop for a total length of about 1600 feet. I have spent several evenings getting antenna up to a reasonable hight. So far I would say over half is between 50 and 70 feet and the rest is between 30 and 45 feet. It’s hard to say how the performance will be, I am still working on learning use modeling software as I’d like some idea of what I should expect for performance. I can say that my reception of the of our local AM station has increased from +40 to +55 on my 450s S Meter.

After my first day of work I checked in to the local 160 Meter Net and my signal strength was reported as being about an S Unit below what my neighbor’s was. Since that first check-in I have erased the antennas average height about 20 feet maybe more. I am thinking that my receive strength bets the full wave loop but the jury is still out on transmit.

More updates as time and work goes by.

03/01/2016

Well all that extra wire is proving to be more
maintenance over the winter. On the bright side now I don’t have to cut as many trees down this summer.