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ARRL 160 METER CONTEST IN EARLY DECEMBER.  I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO
HEAR QUITE A FEW DISTANT SIGNALS WITH IT, INCLUDING SOME EUROPEAN STATIONS.
TUNING AROUND, I HEARD PLENTY OF SIGNALS ON 80 THROUGH 17 METERS WITH THE
LOOP, AND EVEN SOME ON 15 METERS ONE DAY WHEN THAT BAND WAS OPEN.  I SPENT
QUITE A BIT OF TIME SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE LOOP AND A 130
FOOT LONG, 40 FOOT HIGH INVERTED V DIPOLE FED WITH LADDER LINE VIA AN
ANTENNA TUNER.  IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT SOME SIGNALS WERE ABOUT THE
SAME STRENGTH ON BOTH ANTENNAS, SOME WERE A LITTLE STRONGER ON THE LOOP,
AND MANY WERE WEAKER ON THE LOOP, BUT STILL AUDIBLE.  SIGNALS THAT WERE
VERY WEAK ON MY FULL SIZE ANTENNAS WERE GENERALLY INAUDIBLE ON THE LOOP.
THE LOOP SEEMED TO WORK BEST COMPARED TO THE DIPOLE ON THE LOWER BANDS 160
THROUGH 30 METERS.  I DONT HAVE MUCH POWER LINE NOISE AT MY LOCATION, SO I
ASKED JOE CARCIA, NJ1Q, TO GIVE THE ANTENNA A TRY AT W1AW, WHICH HAS
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