HF Ham radio Sky Loop Top Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 and 2.5 to 1 Talented Balun

Description

Massive copper price spike caused price increase.  If you can acquire your own wire locally, it's better to buy the balun alone and providing your own wire, for now.
You are looking at a very talented homebrew skyloop HF ham radio antenna called the AG6IF Talented Balun and Loop
This is for the TOP band, 160 meters.
I have had alot of requests for 160 meters, because the copper wire is not easy to obtain in a single piece, unless you buy in large bulk quantities, which I do.
You are paying about 15 cents a foot for the copper wire, so if you can find the wire locally, just buy the Balun by itself and get your own wire..
If not, then this is what you need.
It comes with 530 feet of 16 ga copper wire, along with the 2.5 to 1 Talented Balun.  USA addresses only due to weight restrictions for  International shipping.
It consists of:
16g about 530 feet of insulated wire with split ring terminals on the ends.
Custom designed and built 2.5 to 1 Balun with SO239 connector.
Sorry, no international shipping due to over weight, not allowed with USPS international.
The Antenna  has been tweaked and tuned to work on 160 meters , 80 meters, and very wide banded on 40 meters, 20 meters, 15 meters, and 10 meters (no tuner should be needed, depending on your rig), and WARC bands of 12m and 17m also.
Depending on your height above ground and the RF quality of your ground, some trimming may be needed to optimize your wire length for the section of band that you like to work.
30m WARC and 6m bands will require using a tuner.
I have included a picture showing the SWR and Theta sweep from 2mhz to 30mhz, which was made with an AIM4170C analyzer.
This antenna has  been hung and tuned, and tested, and is ready for you to suspend from 3 trees, or 3 PVC pipes even, and add your own coax.
If you are looking at this, you are probably a ham, therefore, check my QRZ page for some diagrams and other info.  I have worked most of the
world on this little setup, with the longest being Kenya at about 9,700 miles, using 40 watts.
I am running a triangle horizontal delta loop configuration but you can hang a square if you like, My antenna height is only 6 feet at the corners and 14 feet at the Balun.
I have been asked 'why dont I sell these?'  So, here it is.
2 emails below from Talented Balun Customers.
hello Jim:
Been a while since i reported in.
i put up a loop at my home qth using one of your Talented Baluns
like the one i put up at my cottage.
i have had it up here at home now two months.
i have now worked 67 countries !
the loop is cut for 80 meters, it is up 25 feet.
sure works great on 60 meters also.
73
jeff
And to the frequent question of power handling, the Talented Balun has been customer tested up to ALS600 Amplifier rated at 650 watts, as well as customer tested with 700 watts just fine..
I now use a new Kenwood Ts 590 with a ameritron Als 600 amplifier.
I very rarely use the amp.don't need it.
90 % of my dx contacts are barefoot with 100 watts and I receive s9
or better.  When the signaled are weak I turn on the amp and run 650 watts no problem.
I got a report or 20 db over s9 this morning from Paris France on ten meters with 100 watts !
Got a report earlier this week of 20 over from Saudi Arabia !  again with 100  Watts .
That loop is amazing.
73
Used the Sky Loop this weekend and it was brilliant. Just running 10 watts for the John Moyle
contest in Australia. From Adelaide, South Australia worked every state across the nation. Great antenna. Kind regards, Rick VK5
From 4-2017
No question, just a thanks for this amazing loop! This is the 2nd I ve purchased from you, and I can t imagine HF
without it anymore. The quality is the best and I just can t beat the performance with any product, price be damned.
I hang it high in my trees in a 4corner configuration and it performs like a boss.
Thanks again, keep up the great work, and I m about to take a peek at these tube cubes. :)
73!
Kevin (KF7ZSF)
These are easily made using or dollars worth of parts,  but I spend about 2 hours constructing the Balun, then I tune and test the antenna.
The balun works excellent with alternate loops wires also..
2m = 7 feet
10m = 35 feet
20m = 64 feet
40m = 128 feet
80m = 250-260 feet
160m = 520-540 feet
This listing includes the Balun and loop wire for a 160Meter installation.
Sorry, due to weight limits, can not ship the 160m wire version innternationally.
Alot more data on both my Q R Z page and my Y O U T U B E page if you search up my callsign.
73 from AG6IF