Antenna Topics: A Field Day Delta loop. Post #199
Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be describing some of the simple amateur radio antennas suitable for the ARRL 2013 Field Day Communications exercise. These antennas will be transportable for remote operations, easy to build, easy to take down, and will offer good performance under "field" conditions. Most of the materials for these antennas can be found in the nearest hardware or home building supply outlet. When you are done using these antennas for field day, store them in your shack for future use. If these antennas perform well for you, consider erecting them on your property for regular contacts with your ham friends. In my last post, I described a sloping dipole fed by 450-ohm ladder line. Along with its associated 4:1 balun and a hefty antenna transmatch ("tuner"), this antenna rendered service on 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters. I still use my sloping dipole when I operate on the weekends at a public park or some deserted pasture above my