>I would not be too quick to dismiss small magnetic receiving loops from
consideration for DX work. I used a coax diamond loop, 5 feet on a side, on a
rotator at 20 feet, prior to trying larger wire >loops. The small
loop enabled many contacts in Europe from my West Coast city lot. The
signals were otherwise unreadable on my transmit vertical.
I agree Steve, I have no space for other 160m RX antennae, and I have tried
many other loops. My home brew three turn co-ax loop helped me get 160m DXCC
from a city lot about 1/4 wavelength
long and 1/8 wavelength wide (20m x 42m)
I don not say the loop is a good RX antenna, but it is useful and better than
no RX antenna.
At the moment I phase it with my TX antenna using an MFJ1026 and that
combination works for me.
73
Raoul, ZS1REC
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From: "wb6rse1@mac.com" <wb6rse1@mac.com>
To: Top Band List List <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 4:18 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Wellbrook receive loop performance
On Apr 11, 2012, at 12:23 PM, W2PM wrote:
Nice for nulling strong local point source noise but that's it. It will enable
qsos not possible otherwise and some DX I suppose but Wellbrook is not a good
choice for any serious DX work. No mag antenna is.
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I would not be too quick to dismiss small magnetic receiving loops from
consideration for DX work. I used a coax diamond loop, 5 feet on a side, on a
rotator at 20 feet, prior to trying larger wire loops. The small loop enabled
many contacts in Europe from my West Coast city lot. The signals were otherwise
unreadable on my transmit vertical.
Small loops are relatively inexpensive to build. A pre-amp and usually a front
end RX signal limiter are necessary and add to the overall investment but those
can be used with any RX only antenna. A loop and a transmit vertical used for
diversity receive can be surprising.
I highly recommend small receive loops if your real-estate will not allow for
more.
73 - Steve WB6RSE
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