[Lowfer] Ribbon cable loop antenna for receiving

[Andy - KU4XR]

--- On Wed, 2/24/10, John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net> wrote:

> Yup, works, but lots of capacitance between turns. That's
> not a bad thing, but it will limit your tuning range. Also, 
> 30ga wire limits the Q, but you may not care.
> 
> John, W1TAG

Thanks John;

Makes sense, very close spaced wires; high capacitance, forgot that.

Got my wiring scheme wrong too. wire #1 is open around loop, then 
connects to #2 to continue the loop, which connects to #3. #3 to #4,
and so on 39 connects to #40 to complete the loop. #1 and #40 are
the connection points for the feedline.

Lots of resistance too with the small wire.

Mikes loop looks pretty nice, AND !! simple. Looks like a vertical
stacked winding. What benefit does that provide over the wires 
being side by side ?? 




Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA
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--- On Wed, 2/24/10, John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net> wrote:

> From: John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Ribbon cable loop antenna for receiving
> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 6:24 PM
> Andy,
> 
> > Read about it, thinking about it, anyone tried it ??
> 
> Yup, works, but lots of capacitance between turns. That's
> not a bad 
> thing, but it will limit your tuning range. Also, 30ga wire
> limits the 
> Q, but you may not care.
> 
> John, W1TAG
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