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I've had a few enquiries over the years as to why I use a 200' loop antenna. Its all practical, using a rotary switch on the side of my homebrew ATU it can be fed balanced, it can be fed against ground from either end like a long wire, non resonating or open. The loop can also be strapped and fed against ground or fed as an unbalanced loop either way round. Trying all these for best reception usually works for transmission as well, effectively changing its directivity.

The loop is placed above the boarders of my garden and fed, open wire, in through the top of the house giving me the maximum practical area for an antenna. Its then tuned through the ATU. Another advantage is that you have both ends in the shack so its easy to keep an eye on the dc resistance. I use standard household 1mm yellow/green earth wiring, easy to purchase, covered so may keep the rain static down, and is about 8 ohms per 1000 yards.

Not forgetting the regulation good earth system, its all simple stuff.