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				 Open Loop aka Dipole bent into a square 
 
			
			I'm pressed for space outdoors so right now, I'm working with atticantennas and need some help.
 
 I was able to put a 60 foot loop of wire into my attic and am not
 having much luck getting it to load up.  I configured the loop as an
 open loop, aka a dipole bent into a rectangle which is open at one
 corner and fed with 300 ohm twinlead at the other.  I'm using an MFJ
 911H 4:1 and 1:1 balun to tranform the twinlead to coax and a homebrew
 antenna tuner.
 
 Using an SWR analyzer, I find the only place I can get low SWR is near
 the 15 meter band and some frequency ranges above it, like 6meters and
 2 meters.  I was hoping the 60 foot length would help me get down to
 the lower bands with some compromise, but at least I was hoping to get
 there.  The transmatch, which consists of 2 capacitors and 2 inductors
 isn't any help at all.  I've used it in the past to load up random
 wires and such, but this project doesn't seem to be working.
 
 Anyone have any experience with this sort of antenna?  Let me know
 what it is I'm doing wrong.
 
 Any advice is appreciated.
 
 
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