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Pete,

Thanks for the history on Ken Cornell.

>  How about a large powdered iron core loop,
>say somethibng about 2 inches in diameter and 2-3 feet long?  I might build
>one to see how it works but first I need to get my Orion fired up on the low
>freqs.

  There was a paper circulated on the RSGB reflector from one of the U.K. magazines - it turns out that its impossible
to get enough capture area with a ferrite loop to provide enough signal for a good signal to noise ratio - no 
comparison to a decent air core loop that is several feet across. The RSGB paper even had a ferrite loop a couple of feet long as you suggest. The ferrite loops - no matter how big where an order of magnitude worse for S/N.

>Does anyone knpow about the palomar comverter?  Is it worthwhile?

I have one, lots of gain good for NDBs but not stable enough for QRSS reception.

>I don't build a lot these days because my eyes ain't so good and the parts
>supply is limited but I would be interested in a good front end for my Orion
>and love to press a powdered iron core for a loop.

  Perhaps you can take a building block approach, buy a TCXO, get a Mini-Circuits mixer some tuned circuits and 
wire them up as 'building blocks'

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