[Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna

[LEE BAHR]

Charlie:

I didn't see the e-probe antenna.  Can you tell me where to find it?  I did 
a search and found an article in Sept, 2001 called The AMRAD Active LF 
Antenna.  Is this any good.  I was thinking of building it.  Maybe your 
e-probe job is better.  Andy, KU4XR has been giving me some tips too.

I tuned my reciever down to the LF range using just a long wire.  the noise 
is terrible.  It would be hard to hear much this way.  I even need to use 
the noise blanker as pulse noise is terrible too.  This long wire is just my 
80/40 meter antenna with the coax ground taken off the radio.  I am sure it 
is not tuned and I'm picking up noise everywhere this way.

The AMRAD antenna looked good to me and I found FAR Circuits has the two 
boards, the transformer is easily available (Power) and the CP 666 
transistor is available fromCrystalonics for a little over $17.00. 
Everything else is generic and all parts seem obtainable today.  Right now I 
don't want to take the time building a box loop.  I'm building a house on 
lake Livingston and until i move there a probe antenna would be easier for 
me to handle right now.

Lee, w0vt


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie , W5COV" <cvest at cox.net>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp;UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna


> Lee , if you are a builder , the e-probe mentioned on here earlier is easy
> to build , works extremely well , and is very small in size . Makes a nice
> compact omni directional antenna .
>
> Charlie , W5COV
>
> CV, 185.29825kHz. ,QRSS60 , 24 / 7 , EM26ex , OK.
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