[Lowfer] Small Loop Making Ideas

[Gil Woodside]

Wow....thats nice. I my have to make some room in the back yard for one of 
those.....

73,
Gil/WA1LAD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike WE0H" <we0h at yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp; UK) and MedFer bands" 
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Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Small Loop Making Ideas


> http://www.we0h.us/Amateur_Radio_stuff/Other-station-pics/RX-Loop-Peter-Barick-small.jpg
> The loop Peter mentioned...
>
> Mike
> WE0H
>
>
> Peter Barick wrote:
>> Zack et All,
>>
>> Gotcha ... I sought to minimize wind load, hence the 3/8In arms. Also the 
>> end pieces allow full winding space. One could also notch them to aid in 
>> holding windings. That's labor intensive, as is drilling holes for wire, 
>> here 20 per end. The simpler way is to affix the windings with Silicone 
>> compound, but it must be worked to contact the wires and the end piece. 
>> It sets up in a few hours. The main wind loading will be upon the center 
>> hub, and I've "aired" it out a bit.
>>
>> I was happy with the winding process this time. When the windings 
>> slipped, they stopped at the re-enforced edges. Later just pushed them 
>> back for "gluing.".
>>
>> Don't think this means will work with heavy solid wire (Zack's choice), 
>> however. Mine was 20-22 gauge.
>>
>> Mike, I'll definitely take a few pics of this one. Mike has one of the 
>> 12Ft loop on his site.
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