magnetic lops are pretty cool. I used one for a jamboree on the air  doing psi on 20 meters and it was amazing who well it worked. tuning was a real pain, bt once tuned it was very surmising. we had too much dx actually, as i was not even sure which stations I could put the boys on with as a third party.
On Oct 20, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I agree, Ed!  They're extremely fussy when it comes to tuning but, if you 
> are careful, you can get great results with them.  I worked a guy on 40 who 
> was in new england and was putting an s9 plus signal into Pennsylvania with 
> an antenna that was probably 4 feet square.  Pretty cool!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 11:46 AM
> Subject: Antennas
> 
> 
>> For the people that don't have room or maybe renting there is hope for
>> working D X with a magnetic loop.  I worked a German station using one on 
>> I
>> think 15 meters using amag loop the other day and he had a S 7 signal into
>> Utah running as I remember 100 watts.  So it may be something to think 
>> about
>> folks.  73
>> Ed   K7UC