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I have down loaded the dipcage and and rjeloop programs, very nice stuff. Thanks for this. I am trying to decide on a cage loop, In section B of rjeloop, it ask for wire diameter, should I use the estimated cage diameter of 617mm to obtain my desired diameter of 12 inches? (At least as far as the program is concerned...)
my analysis, a 43, b 617, c 15, d 30 (gulf coast) e 15, g 50 (coax) h 2.5(? coax center conductor?) and f of 7mhz. (This pretty clear in the dipole program but not so much in the rjeloop..)
If I read this right, 91.9 percent efficiency...wow...
So I guess my question is really about input B and H.

For what it is worth, I am planning on 4 towers at 39 feet in a square setup, cage loop mounted at elevation of 39/40 foot at each tower, distance is 39 feet center to center on two towers because of the garage support I'm going to use at 16 feet, how ever the other two towers could be moved further away into a rectangle configuration of 39 by up to 60 foot. And, for what started this, the DX blaster sounds good on the air as a broad banded dipole, so my thought was a broad banded cage dipole.
Comments and discussion welcome.

73 de tom LA1BRA aka KB5VWZ in the good ole USA
and yes, should one ask, it is cold up here in Norway. I can be reached at la1bra at yahoo.com or here.
16 Feb 2010

Are you using the rjeloop1, rjeloop2, rjeloop3, or rjeloop4 program?

I was using rjeloop4.
I think i will downlaod the others too, maybe I would have answered my own question, but thatnsk for your reply
tom