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RESISTANCE, SO YOU HAVE TO PLAY WITH THE VALUE DEPENDING ON HOW HIGH IT IS
MOUNTED, FREQUENCY AND OTHER FACTORS.  CONCLUSIONS GENERALLY, THE LOOP
APPEARS TO HAVE GOOD DIRECTIVITY AND NULLING CAPABILITY ON LOCAL NOISE AND
SHOWS DIMINISHING DIRECTIVITY ON SKYWAVE SIGNALS AS THE FREQUENCY IS
INCREASED.  THE 2 METER SECTION HAS VERY USABLE GAIN AND GOOD FRONT TO BACK
OVER THE ENTIRE 2 METER BAND.  DURING THE RECENT 9X0R OPERATION THERE WAS
AN ASTONISHING DIFFERENCE IN SIGNAL TO NOISE ON 40 METERS.  THE 9X0R SSB
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SIGNAL WAS BARELY READABLE ON THE MAIN 40 METER GROUND PLANE, YET THEY WERE
SOLID COPY ON THE LOOP.  RICK DARWICKI, N6PE, AN ARRL LIFE MEMBER, WAS
FIRST LICENSED IN 1959 AND HOLDS AN AMATEUR EXTRA CLASS LICENSE.  RICK IS A
REGISTERED MECHANICAL ENGINEER.  HE SPENT MOST OF HIS EARLY CAREER AS A
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VE3FJ 155 2 1 670 ON N2XI 154 2 1 666 ENY K0LWV 153 2 1 662 MO KB4AMA 303 2
1 656 KY K5HDU 150 2 1 650 STX VE2FFE 121 2 1 634 QC KD5MFY 289 2 1 628 OK
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