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Hi all Now I've got this 12' dia loop nearly constructed, how critical are loop to nearby objects ? ie could I mount it on the side of the tower with say a 4'...
13 Mar 1, 2010
1:23 pm

richard
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... Some time ago, John Popelish came up with the idea of using a string of toroids instead of a solid rod. You might want to join the Yahoo! group that he...
7 Feb 28, 2010
2:33 am

Paul V Birke PEng
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Once the 100 year snow in Philly area disappears, the first planned spring antenna project is installing a FW hor loop cut for 3.5 Mhz (287 feet...
4 Feb 25, 2010
10:19 am

M HOLDEN
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Through the years I have been searching for background material on antennas and radio reception. After a while a number of names or callsigns become familiar,...
1 Feb 23, 2010
10:17 am

dx11
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Yo Mates, While on a walk about, I found this interesting document. Thought you may be interested. Uploaded the PDF to Active Loop Antenna Folder. ...
3 Feb 19, 2010
4:41 pm

Chris Trask
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I am looking for plans to build a good 40 meter mag loop. Something I can take in my truck camper. 73 George/W2BPI...
4 Feb 18, 2010
9:45 am

richard
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Hello, Has any one built the small magnetic loop for 14mhz to 28mhz bands, designed by ON4CEQ? If so with what results. Also his design for the variable...
3 Feb 15, 2010
7:18 pm

sidney7539
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Sorry no link, cannot recall under what handing it was but it's on YOU TUBE poss look for DIY tuning caps. Mike. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
3 Feb 15, 2010
9:33 am

Mike
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On YOU TUBE one can see this idea, you take a long envelope and cut off a short end, cut two bits of cardboard to go inside, paste on some tin foil one one...
2 Feb 14, 2010
1:58 pm

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Thanks for the help so far I'm now in the position of 1:1 VSWR at 3.7550 and 21.4 KHz usable bandwidth to the 1.5:1 VSWR upper and lower points. I've had it...
8 Feb 11, 2010
9:29 pm

richard
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HI all I've just built a large loop for 80 mtrs, I've use OH7SV's spread sheet, and my attempt looks to be 500 KHz too high. I'm using LDF4-50 coax and a 100pF...
6 Feb 11, 2010
2:10 am

capntripps2000
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Does anyone know the history of the Army loop? Why did they not pursue it further? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
6 Feb 10, 2010
5:14 am

Vaclav
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List, The PRC-77 military radio and photos are here of the radio and antenna parts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/PRC-77_Portable_Transceiver and...
1 Feb 10, 2010
1:28 am

Bill McGraw
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Hello fellow loop enthusiasts, I have a question or two for you if I may. My loop 5' loop is made of 1.5" copper tubing which has been rolled into a...
5 Feb 7, 2010
4:16 pm

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Re the recent question about a shield plane on one side of a loop antenna: some years back "Palomar Engineers" (USA) offered a product called "Channel ...
11 Feb 6, 2010
4:51 pm

Mike
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Hi, Does anyone have any feedback on the differences in performance? I understand that this depends largely on the size, but comparatively how would a 12"...
16 Jan 30, 2010
4:12 pm

tenorman1952
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I like US commercial AM radio. Or rather, I like talk radio on the American AM band. My tuner is a Sony XDR-F1HD that has been highly modified and...
13 Jan 27, 2010
8:55 pm

Bill
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Anyone made the balcony loop as advertised in the pages of Practical Wireless!...
9 Jan 26, 2010
9:12 pm

Mike
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Re my question is this my group, re membership.  I hope you all saw the answer.  What I can't fathom out is what is the main objective of this group?  What...
17 Jan 25, 2010
5:58 pm

Mike
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hi i am using a flag antenna for mw dx which is a rectangle and its 2m in the verticals and 4m in the horizontals it has a 48/11 turn overlapping balun at the...
6 Jan 25, 2010
12:42 pm

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Hi members, I am searching for a source for the circuit board and the amplifiers to build the WL1030 loopantenna. Any advice would be very appreciated. 73 ...
4 Jan 25, 2010
11:39 am

Wilhelm
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Not exactly a loop antenna, but many years ago I built a BFO metal detector. The first model had a wooden form with a layer of shielding tape, wire wound...
2 Jan 24, 2010
4:07 pm

Chris Trask
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My job as moderator is to keep spam off the list, send trolls packing, cool things off if there are misunderstandings/anger, keep the list on topic if it...
2 Jan 24, 2010
3:48 pm

Chris Trask
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By all means, post links to other groups! When I started this group, I put a section in the Links specifically for other groups that might be of interest to...
1 Jan 24, 2010
3:42 pm

alienrelics
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Not sure if this is my group, are we mainly dealing with and taking about HAM transmitting loops re copper tubing or MW loops with wire turns as we seem to...
10 Jan 23, 2010
7:25 pm

Bill
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Well a few pages on the guy wanting those extra long special ferrite rods has been featured in this months Radio User, now it looks like he will be getting...
1 Jan 23, 2010
2:42 pm

Mike
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Found a great group, the Taiwanese MW group. mike....
1 Jan 23, 2010
2:37 pm

Mike
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Question regarding loop antennas, directional nulling and lightning. I DX NDBs and AM BCB and have a vertical antenna I built that pulls them in from good...
19 Jan 20, 2010
6:54 pm

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Greetings to the list- I've been giving a good amount of 6-strand solid-core 18AWG shielded cable. I was thinking of making a loop antenna with some of this...
5 Jan 20, 2010
3:13 pm

Lee- KI4NEJ
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Greetings to the list, As I was driving down the interstate a few afternoons ago, I started tuning the AM dial for the chance of DX. Much to my surprise, as I...
14 Jan 19, 2010
5:01 pm

Lee- KI4NEJ
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