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CONNECT THE RG 316 FEED LINE TO THE EXCITER LOOP AND TO YOUR TRANSCEIVER.
YOUR ANTENNA IS READY FOR USE.  OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE  THE LOOP CAN BE
ORIENTED EITHER VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY, HOWEVER, PORTABLE LOOPS ARE
ALMOST ALWAYS USED VERTICALLY BECAUSE VERTICALLY ORIENTED LOOPS CAN BE
OPERATED VERY CLOSE TO THE GROUND.  THE POLARIZATION OF A SMALL HF LOOP IS
ALIGNED WITH THE LOOP CONDUCTOR, IT IS VERTICAL ON THE HORIZON AND
TRANSITIONS TO HORIZONTAL IN THE SKYWARD DIRECTION. ED.  SMALL LOOP
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ANTENNAS CAN BE RELATIVELY INSENSITIVE TO LOCALLY GENERATED ELECTRIC FIELD
NOISE.  WHEN ORIENTED VERTICALLY, THERE IS A NULL IN THE BROADSIDE
DIRECTION THAT CAN BE USED TO SELECTIVELY MINIMIZE SPECIFIC NOISE SOURCES
OR INTERFERING STATIONS.  THE FAR FIELD NULL DEPTH FOR THIS SIZE LOOP IS AS
SHALLOW AS 4 5 DB AT 10 METERS, INCREASING TO ABOUT 16 17 DB AT 40 METERS.
THE ELECTRIC FIELD IN THE NULL DIRECTION IS CROSS POLARIZED COMPARED TO THE
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