[Lowfer] Antenna questions

[Ed Tanton]

Hi Peter... the "1 ft" is the diameter of the roll... the width of the 
ribbon is 3 or 4 inches. This receiver 
<http://www.n4xy.com/rcvr_vlf_gpd-111.html> is still in use in the Navy, on 
board Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines. How one got surplused out, and 
ultimately to me is a wonder beyond ordinary luck (to me, anyway.)

I have a LOT of wire... many 5k rolls of former (probably PVC-but maybe 
something else-and not the later used Kynar #30) wirewrap wire-~ #28-maybe 
#26-I forget. It just seems like a good way to achieve some constant 
spacing, and a heck of a lot MORE wire on a given frame than using single 
wires and nails/etc. would accomplish.

Where are the designs on the web? I could do a search, but I suspect 
there's a zillion loop antenna references-with most not related to VLF.

It might interest you to know yours is the ONLY reply I got to my inquiry. 
And that's one more than I got the last time I asked a similar question.

Many thanks... I'll let you know how things work out.


73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy@earthlink.net>

Ed Tanton N4XY
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