[Elecraft] Portable Antennas (mag loop)

[CRAIG W BEHRENS]

Absolutely a 1st class project and paper -- This is how it's done!
I really enjoyed reading and studying it Thanks for pointing out this paper, David.
And, thanks for sharing your ideas and projects, Joe and George!
72/73 & DX,
Craig W. Behrens -- NM4T

> Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:25 +0000
> From: d.cutter at ntlworld.com
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Portable Antennas (mag loop)
> 
> It will be quiet on receive and quiet on transmit, however much power 
> you put into it, until it melts, that is.  I'd love to know where he 
> gets his efficiency figures - perhaps you can ask him.  Putting steel 
> washers at each aluminium joint turned me off completely along with the 
> dinky receiving capacitor.
> 
> I'm quite taken by the Midnight Loop from N2APB and N2CX, mainly because 
> I built something similar 20 years ago, only a lot bigger!  See
> 
> http://www.midnightdesignsolutions.com/MidnightLoop/Midnight%20Loop%20%28Mar%2011a%29.pdf
> 
> David
> G3UNA
> 
> 
> On 10/05/2012 07:55, Stephen Prior wrote:
> > Hi Fred
> >
> > I have been very tempted by the Alex-loop, but in the meantime have just
> > bought one of G4TPH's loops which I shall put through its paces when the
> > weather improves!  I should imagine that the insensitivity to electric
> > fields in the near field would be an advantage in electrically noisy
> > environments. Even a campsite can be very noisy with the inverters from RVs
> > and the like spewing out rf everywhere.
> >
> > I'm spoilt for choice of antennas to play with once the KX3 arrives!
> >
> > 73 Stephen G4SJP
> >
> > On Wednesday, 9 May 2012, Fred Jensen wrote:
> >
> >> I haven't been following this thread closely but has anyone mentioned a
> >> small magnetic loop like the Alex-Loop?  I've got a good SOTA friend who
> >> uses one and loves it.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Fred K6DGW
> >> - Northern California Contest Club
> >> - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012
> >> - www.cqp.org
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