My little plot of the world is 150' wide x 250' long. I was thinking of buying 2x spools of 500' 14ga solid wire and making a loop antenna about 6.5' - 7' up. I can just use paracord and trees to 'mount' it. There will be a gap where the driveway enters, needless to say.
I'm just using it to listen, so I assume 80' of rg-8 would make a good feedline (~$25) . If I want to splurge, lmr-200 (~$50).
I have a crap-load of flooded rg-6. Would that work just as well as a feedline?
A less-costly version of this would be 800' of used coax of various lengths, connected w/ f-connectors and couplers. I dont like the idea of introducing water into the antenna however, and i cant vouch for the jackets on all the coax bits. Hence me wanting to use a solid wire instead of coax shield.
I also wonder if using the wire as main element and junk coax as counterpoise (grounded every-so-often w/ 8' stakes) would add a worth-while benefit.
There is little-to-no chance of people interacting w/ this antenna. Animals will just have to trip over the counterpoise. The (beverage) circle of life and all...
I guess my main question is: I dont really see much about beverage loop antennas. Is such a thing even possible?