Loop installed in the summer cottage garden. Loop diameter 2.6 m.
Copper tube coax connections.Inner conductor soldered to shield.
Detail view of solid copper connections.Copper coax can be easily disconnected
0.75mm polycarbonate plate for water protection and tuning knob outside
of it.
Detail view of right hand connection.All screws are stainless steel.
Capacitor support made of 8 mm polycarbonate plate. U-bolts to mast.
Feeding cable thru the fiberglass mast to a BNC connector
in the Al-plate.
Gamma match feeding point at abt 0.6m distance from the loop center.
Gamma
match copper tube supported and insulated with pieces of polycarbonate.
6 mm copper tube connection to the loop. The real part of impedance
can be tuned.
Bottom
view of the feeding
cable. The hole is big enough for a BNC connector.
Water protection in action. The vacuum capacitor is dry after rain.