A loop approach to restrictive antenna conditions. As I was reading the November 2011 "QST" today, I ran across an interesting antenna idea from Cristian Paun, WV6N. His article entitled "An Antenna Idea for Antenna Restricted Communities" on page 35 really hit home. My space restrictions are severe and the antennas I use certainly work (inverted "vees", vertical monopoles, and loops), but they could be better and perhaps even smaller. Cristian describes a small loop he built and placed in his garden. Previously, he had been using various mobile antennas between 3.5 and 30 MHz with some degree of success. He wondered if he could use less space and yet produce results surpasing his best efforts. Apparently, the small magnetic loop he designed and used proved most useful, with some improvement over the mobile antennas he once used. Cristian's instructions are fairly simple and the final product is attractive, discrete, and almost sculture-like.