I got out my 20m dipole and thought I’d try to convert it into a 10m sky loop. I had to add about 3ft to the end of the dipole, and join it together to get it to tune to 28.1Mhz. I hung it from my chimney and it was in a triangle configuration.
After doing some A/B tests between the G5RVjr and 10m Sky loop, the noise level was 4 S units higher, and FT-8 contacts were from 8-14db lower on the loop. I decided to remove it . The loop was just not a good performer compared to the G5RVjr, even the Comet CHA250HD worked better, and that is a noisy antenna. I know it would have performed better if it were up higher and away from the house, but not an easy task. I’ll but more effort into the 40m loop and try to get it more horizontal.