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CLEARLY SEE THE INVERTED KITE SHAPE OF THE LOOP, AND THE PARALLEL WIRES OF
THE MATCHING SECTION, WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE PERSPEX SPACER AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE LOOP.  THE OTHER VISIBLE LINES ARE GUY WIRES.  THE TOTAL
WIDTH OF THE ANTENNA, FROM CORNER TO CORNER, IS ONLY 26 FEET, MAKING IT
IDEAL FOR USE IN RESTRICTED SPACES.  TUNING THE ANTENNA YOU CAN TUNE THE
ANTENNA BY GRADUALLY SHORTENING THE MATCHING SECTION UNTIL AN ACCEPTABLE
SWR IS OBTAINED ON ALL BANDS.  THE MINIMUM SWR WILL NOT NECESSARILY
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COINCIDE EXACTLY FOR ALL BANDS, SO YOU SHOULD TUNE IT FOR A GOOD COMPROMISE
BETWEEN THE SWR ON THE DIFFERENT BANDS, RATHER THAN SIMPLY MINIMIZING THE
SWR ON A SINGLE BAND.  SINCE THE ANTENNA IS DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH AN
ANTENNA TUNER, AN SWR OF 5 1 OR LESS IS ADEQUATE.  THE LENGTH OF THE LOOP,
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339 N5EPA/337 N5FTR/336 N5HSF/336 N5XG/340 N6AWD/338 N6XJ/347 N7ACB/337 N7
OJ/334 N8KF/340 N9CHN/338 N9ER/341 N9MR/339 NA2R/337 NA7AA/337 NA8D/334
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