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It runs at fence height on three sides of the block (well short of 160m in length though):
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But at the back I run it up a tall tree:
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It's not quite long enough for a full wave on 160, so it turns out to be resonant at 2.25MHz:
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Happily, my antenna tuner is able to match it on 160m and tonight I had a nice contact with Ian, VK3XN who I figure it about 800km from me:
160 faded so we switched to 80m where I have an excellent dipole high above the house. The loop was about 2 S points worse than my current dipole, but still readable.
So, a simple loop antenna, not very high off the ground turns out to be a simple way to get on low bands in a suburban setting. Count me impressed.
Thanks Ross, and Ian for the contact.Running WSPR it appears that I'm being heard around Australia running 5W (note that VK1UN is mis-reporting me as being on 10m)
![Screen Shot 2011-08-06 at 8.53.11 PM.png Screen Shot 2011 08 06 at 8 53 11 PM](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-owRLOuiL8PM/Tj0eFBJlr_I/AAAAAAAAWjA/U-ZluelrMMA/Screen%252520Shot%2525202011-08-06%252520at%2525208.53.11%252520PM.png?imgmax=800)
There's quite a group on 160m WSPR on a Saturday night in Australia:
![Screen Shot 2011-08-06 at 9.00.26 PM.png Screen Shot 2011 08 06 at 9 00 26 PM](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ouSRwD6pxEI/Tj0fSOqEHgI/AAAAAAAAWjQ/ojPJLxb-MDY/Screen%252520Shot%2525202011-08-06%252520at%2525209.00.26%252520PM.png?imgmax=800)
Special thanks to VK6DZ who is hearing me 3,000km away.
![Screen Shot 2011 08 06 at 9 31 28 PM](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RZzizseQLDw/Tj0nYaXiz7I/AAAAAAAAWjo/COwFlJFg4lQ/Screen%252520Shot%2525202011-08-06%252520at%2525209.31.28%252520PM.png?imgmax=800)
And here's what I'm hearing:
![Screen Shot 2011 08 06 at 9 32 31 PM](http://lh6.ggpht.com/--aH7z-mmcvY/Tj0nhXG3UqI/AAAAAAAAWj0/2-mda6rUYYE/Screen%252520Shot%2525202011-08-06%252520at%2525209.32.31%252520PM.png?imgmax=800)
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