As someone who has spent hours slinging ham radio antennas up in trees, I found setting up a Chameleon F-Loop antenna a dramatic change of pace. Spend a few minutes with me as I walk you through the process.
Tracy, I assemble my magloops on the ground or on a picnic table before mounting on the tripod. I put the loop/exciter mast on the matching unit first, then the exciter loop, then the main loop. After snugging everything up and checking, I then mount the assembled antenna on the mast. I find this approach a little less fiddly because I don't have that floppy main loop drooping all over. Thanks for sharing the video.
Mr. McKim - have you tried other magnetic loops. There are quite a few out there, and I’m worried that 10/25 watts wouldn’t be enough power? I’ve seen other reviewers hear everything on receive, but no one hears them.
20 watts is only 1 S-unit down from 100 watts. When I operate from the field, 99% of the time I run either 5 watts or 20 watts and rarely struggle to make SSB contacts. Chameleon sells an add-on for the loop that allows you to run up to 60 watts if you really feel the need for that extra half an S-Unit.
