[Milsurplus] BC-131 loop antenna?
Marty R's GI-stuff haunt
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Thu, 3 Apr 2003 05:41:39 -0500 (EST)
Hue there's a pic of a running one in
History of US Army WW2, Sig. Corps., Vol. I
Scaling from the ~14" for the 131 with RX panel vertical, I'd say the
thing was about 3' on a side.
The loop was the tank for the ux210-tube (vt25)
Loop worked fine on RX but, little known then, the I-vector on one side of
loop mostly cancelled the I vector on the other side & it was one
p!$$-poor doo-dad on TX.
For some reason tx-loops came back to hams & mil-spooks mebbe 10 years
back. & it took several years of bad results before math-head
nay-saying given credence.
Marty