[Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna

[LEE BAHR]

Andy:

What do you know about the Active Antenna from QST Sept, 2001?  I'm thinking 
of building one.  It's the AMRAD Active LF Antenna.  Also, yes, I have a 
zillion inductors and variable caps.

Lee


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy - KU4XR" <ku4xr at yahoo.com>
To: " European & UK) and MedFer bandsDiscussion of the Lowfer (US" 
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Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:26 PM
Subject: [Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna


> LEE BAHR <pulsarxp at embarqmail.com>: wrote ::
>
>
>> Right now I have no decent LOWFER receiving antenna,
>> I guess I need to build a receiving loop.
>
> Lee:
>
> Here's a little trick that many have tried, and it works
> until you can do better;   Unscrew the coax shield on the
> rig, and pull the cable out to where just the center pin
> makes connection. Sometimes this can make the lower band
> " Come Alive " Tip #2 ** If you have any inductors of any
> kind, molded , wirewound, power supply chokes, etc; use
> clip leads to connect one between the ant center pin, and
> a jumper into the rig. If you insert the inductor and your
> receive level comes up; GREAT !!, if not, lay it aside.
> Find the inductor that will give you the best improvement
> in receive, and use it. If using a dipole antenna, clip
> across both the center pin, and the shield to use the
> entire antenna as a " non-resonant wire " .
> Tip #3 *** If you have a variable capacitor on hand, connect
> it to the antenna side of the inductor and run it to ground.
> This will also give you some tuning capabilities on the ant.
> If your variable dosen,t have enough capacitance, then try
> to parallel some fixed caps to it. If your variable has too
> much capacitance, put some fixed value in series with the
> variable to lower the capacitance value.
> These simple, and probably already on hand items might just
> give you better receive than you would imagine.
>
> 73 :::
>
> Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
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