Hi, Charlie
I wasn't aware that no preamp was used with the FO0AAA terminated loop.
I have modeled the FO0AAA loop in EZNEC, and, because it has a bit more area
than my smaller, 40' X 10' KAZ terminated delta loop, it has a bit more
gain. With mine, I have used one of the old original AMECO tunable vacuum
tube preamps ahead of the RX port on the FT1000MP. Worked very well, though,
and it was a godsend on my small city lot in Raleigh with all the local
noise! It was also a great RX antenna for 80, 40 and 30m!
On my smaller lot, Ido have really tall trees, that are tall enough to
support an inverted L with 70-80 feet vertical. I just ran two elevated
resonant radials down the property lines. Had to bend one of them. I worked
a lot of good stuff around the world on 160, especially once I put up the
terminated loop so I could hear better.
73,
Charlie, K4OTV
-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
n0tt1@juno.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:25 AM
To: charlie-cunningham@nc.rr.com; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: 3B9EME
On Mon, 9 Sep 2013 22:44:45 -0400 "Charlie Cunningham"
<charlie-cunningham@nc.rr.com> writes:
>
> Valid points, Keith.
>
> I think the boys that went to FO0AAA did good to hang up that KAZ
> terminated
> Loop that John, ON4UN, put together for them!
<snip>
And FYI....there was no receiving amplifier used with
that antenna on Clipperton.
73,
Charlie, N0TT
1 of 12 FO0AAA Oprs.
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