Stealth HOA Antenna # 5: Chameleon Antenna F-Loop 2.0 IN THE ATTIC with REMOTE TUNER from the SHACK

Thanks for the video! Excited to see how you like the F Loop. Trying to decide if I should finally get one, with our restricted setup as well. Looking forward to more videos. 73, KK7JCJ

Great video Bob. I'm curious though where you sourced your junction box and chase...they make really nice clean work of exterior cabling...something I'd like to do with my rat's nest on the side of my house. I'm not finding anything like it at Lowes and Home Depot

Cool option! Fwiw, my 20 meter dipole was in the attic of our beach house on the Oregon coast. Took direct lightning hit. Attics are little protection from lightning, but not having it high in the air is probably a plus in FL. Nice video! 73 zzz

Great video, thanks for sharing! FYI, with the stock loop we can use it with the Power Compensator, then bring the power up to 60W SSB, 30W CW.

Neat thing about an antenna in the attic is no worries about the crazy lightning we get during the wet season down here 👍

Thanks for another great video. I have attic antennas too. One problem I'm dealing with is noise. It's pretty high on 40 meters. I'm currently using a linear loaded doublet which isn't as noisy as the endfed I have, but still noisy. Do you have issues with noise?

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Nice antenna! HOAs bother me.

I would question its success as NVIS as I have tried the exact same antenna for NVIS with poor success. You need the right FoF2 layer in place along with a high radiation angle. The CHA Loop offers a lower radiation angle making DX contacts in single and multi hops easily available. This is a robust and efficient loop and very well made like stuff should be. The remote tuner is a game changer making this ideal for HOA but for anyone having the need to have the loop away from the operator.

Beware of stucco exteriors. Stopped my CHA F-Loop dead in it's tracks. No fault of the antenna - the wire behind the stucco makes a great faraday cage!

I haven't tried 80m with the aluminum loop yet, but I always figured you'd have to put on a second loop as an extension to get down to 80m (using coax cable) if it remains true, then going down to 80m wouldn't be a walk in the park. Nice video, thanks.

Hey Bob, great video! I have the Chameleon CHA F-LOOP 3.0. You mentioned the only challenge with this loop - the band switch. It's too bad Chameleon didn't have a way to remote control everything with the new remote. Great antenna though and I bought my 3.0 with the remote at the same time. 73. Joe W7BWA

Hey sir, I saw once that magloops are used horizontally (circle is visible if looking down on the antenna). I wonder if you would get more distance in this way. Thanks!

Fantastic video! Shows EXACTLY the advantages of using the CHA F-LOOP 2.0 (or 3.0) setup in the attic from an urban QTH! The MAX power limit for SSB is 25W! Great job!!!

What is the "compromise" with a loop antenna?

I would like to suggest that amateurs use either a VNA or an antenna analyzer in place of the rig for the final tuneup and NOT transmit on the air. I see far too many QRM carriers as of late. Nearly all have access to these inexpensive devices, so there is no longer any excuse to key up on the air to check for resonance.

Nice job on the video! You are fortunate your QTH allows you the flexibility to explore so many antenna options. Great QSO by the way! 73 KE8UFQ