[Lowfer] Tuning loop trick

[John Bruce McCreath]

Hi Dex, Lowfers,

I thought that I should share this trick when trying to tune a loop receiving antenna that's a long way from your rig.
My method uses a 70 cm transceiver in the shack and a 70 cm HT out at the antenna.  Choose a quiet frequency
on the 70 cm rigs and place the mic of the base unit near to the speaker of the LF receiver with a rubber band
around the mic  PTT to keep it sending.  Take the hand-held out to the antenna and while listening to it, tune
the loop's capacitor for a peak in the noise of the LF receiver.  You can use a weak signal if one is handy or
produce your own with a signal generator to aid in the tuning to get even better results for tuning. 

73, J.B., VE3EAR

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