[Milsurplus] Re: Milsurplus Digest, Vol 44, Issue 19

[Bob Camp]

Hi

The advantage from a ferrite bar isn't quite as great as you might  
think. One Loran timing outfit I used to work with spend a *lot* of  
time playing around with materials and winding techniques for 100 KHz.  
If you have the room an open air loop is much easier to do.

Bob


On Dec 9, 2007, at 11:51 PM, Hue Miller wrote:

> No one seems to be using a ferrite core bar antenna.
> Is there a reason for that, i am missing?
> Granted, antenna bar material i'm sure is mixed for the
> higher frequencies, but might be able to hack apart
> some filter cores, or use metal from a high-fi type audio
> transformer? -Hue
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