Loop Photos

last updated 9 December 2024.

Random photos of various types of loop antennas. I will add more over time.

Improvised 2m SSB double loop antenna for Field Day

465 MHz quad. This shows that I cannot drill a straight hole through a piece of plastic pipe, so the spreaders came out at many different angles. I just formed the wire loops into squares and tied them to the spreaders in about the right place with strips of plastic.
Feedpoint for 40m 200 ohm delta loop using zip cord
Corner of loop attached to fiberglass spreader with tie wraps
2-element quad for 2m
200 ohm delta loop for 6m
3-element folding quad for 732 MHz
3-element “strung wire” quad for 121.5 MHz using fiberglass spreaders
112 ohm diamond loop with single center spreader
50 ohm delta loop for 6m. Wire runs through plastic pipe at top.
corner detail for large loops: insulators can move along wire

This loop started out to be a rectangle, but the hexagon was mechanically simpler.

I used the same method for a 50 ohm 10m loop, using sectional tent poles for the spreaders.