[Lowfer] Loop antenna question

[N8OOU]

JB,

Your question got me wondering about the answer. I don't have an EE 
degree, so I can't contribute information based on knowledge or experience.

However, I do have yard space, a 100Ft length of wire, and the balun I 
used the last time I played with a LOG (Loop On Ground) antenna. It took 
just a few minutes this morning to gather those components and put the 
LOG back in operation.

I used my KiwiSDR to get spectrum and waterfall graphs of 0 to 15 Mhz 
using my low noise vertical, a single turn 100 Ft circumference LOG, and 
a 4 turn LOG using the 100Ft wire.

The result: The LNV wins hands down. The single turn makes my Lowfer 
signal stronger than the 4 turn, but the 4 turn makes my local 910, and 
1450 BCB stronger. Interesting....

I have put the screen captures up on qsl.net/n8oou/.


73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek

On 3/13/22 08:35, Stan W1LE via Lowfer wrote:
> Would be an interesting experiment, comparing the 2 configurations simultaneously.One minor concern may be the self resonance due to winding to winding capacitance.
> I will be monitoring for other's suggestions.
> Stan, W1LE    Cape Cod   FNN41sr
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Bruce McCreath <weazle at hurontel.on.ca>
> To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sat, Mar 12, 2022 9:54 pm
> Subject: [Lowfer] Loop antenna question
> 
> 
> For a given length of wire, would a single turn loop pick up more signal than
> a multiple turn loop?  The single turn loop would have a larger capture area,
> so it should produce better results than if the same length of wire was used
> in a multi-turn loop.  However, there may be other factors that I’m not aware
> of, so I’m asking for your comments and suggestions.
> 
> 73, J.B., VE3EAR
> 
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