[Lowfer] Loop Ideas ??

[Bill Ashlock]

Hey John,
 
Speaking of "no magic at LF". Maybe I was wrong. The reference I made to you (JA) in my last post was made without seeing this. Weird!! 
 
Yes the conclusions in your last paragraph, below, could easily account for the discrepancy I've noted.
 
Bill > Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:31:19 -0400> From: w1tag at w1tag.com> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Loop Ideas ??> > Bill,> > Your luck with the e-probe antennas does testify to "clean" locations, > both in terms of local wiring and lack of nearby AM broadcast signals. > My results haven't been as good at home, though they have been better in > the woods of Maine. Even up there, the loop approach usually wins.> > If the limiting factor is atmospheric noise, then that should be in the > form of plane EM waves, with E and H equally represented.> > Just a thought -- there's probably no free lunch with small antennas. > The vertical has less response at high vertical angles, but is > omnidirectional in the horizontal plane. The loop has high vertical > angle response, but less overall in the line of the nulls. I'll bet that > the two antennas have similar pickup of noise arriving from a wide swath > of sky.> > JA> > _______________________________________________> >From the Lowfer mailing list> Send messages to: Lowfer at mailman.qth.net> To sub/unsub visit: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/lowfer
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