Butch,

It sounds like you're getting some sort of interaction between the loop and 
your other antenna.  I once read that anything within 10000 feet of an 
antenna can affect its performance, and while I suspect that in most cases 
the effects are small, they may sometimes be quite large.  I'm pretty sure 
that most of us have antennas that interact with each other in some way, but 
we don't worry about it as long as we can work the stations we want without 
blowing up our radios in the process.  Both your antennas depend on other 
things in the environment to make them work, so I'm not surprised that 
you're getting those results.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 04:14
Subject: Re: Working or not working


> Antennas are strange.  I've had some that worked well at one location and
> not worth a darn at another.  I have a scorpian on my metal rooff and it
> works great.  It worked great on 160 until I put up my 160 loop.  The loop
> is 35 feet above the ground and moy house is roughly in the center of the
> loop.  It works great on 160 by the way, but the scorpian no longer will
> tune on 160.  Go figure.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>