6 Meter Loop

A 6 Meter Magnetic Bicycle Wheel?

by Tom Babcock, KN4ONE

I’ve been intrigued with the magnetic loop antenna for some time, but have always been leery of the narrow bandwidth. With the opening of the 6 meter band I was in need of a 6M antenna because my EFHW does not cover 6M. Since I only want to use FT8 on 6M this was the opportunity to build a 6M Magnetic loop for just one frequency. The adventure begins!

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