[Lowfer] What's your experience using a LoG antenna on LF

[N8OOU]

Andy,

I have used one here. It was a 60Ft long wire layed on the ground in 
roughly a circle. I don't think shape matters. I tried a couple 
transformer's, and found more winding's on the loop side improved the LF 
performance. It received up to 30m or so.

I thought it worked well, and felt very safe from lightning. Signal 
levels are a lot lower than a typical antenna, but so isn't the noise. I 
watched one video where the person was not happy that signals were not 
better than his above ground antenna. SNR is much lower on the LOG so 
you can hear as well or better than a traditional ant.

My drawback was the wire laying on the ground kept getting chewed up by 
the small critters. As this was a test setup I didn't do anything to 
resolve that issue. I followed that test with a LNV which provides 
similar low noise, and a little stronger signal. The critters leave it 
alone too. That's my keeper but the LOG is a close second.

Good Luck

73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek

On 12/19/21 2:51 PM, Andy - KU4XR via Lowfer wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> The subject line is the question. I haven't tried this before. It appears right down my alley of " Cheap and Simple ".
> Another question for those who have used one is; " Square vs Rectangular shape - any difference ? ".
> I can easily lay out a 50 X 50 Square, or a 50 wide X 100 long Rectangle in my back yard.
> I would like enough loop to negate the need for a Preamp.
> This is a good starting point, and I thank any and all who care to comment.
> 
> 73, and Best DX to all:
> Andy, KU4XR
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