[Premium-Rx] Palomar Antennas

[Al Klase]

Hi Dave,

I don't have any experience with the Palomar product, nor do 
you mention what bands you're working, but I have been 
playing with home-brew loops a fair amount in recent years.

Unless the loop is amplified, the signals coming off the 
long wire will be much, much louder.  The real advantage is 
the loop's directional pattern, basically a figure-8, or a 
cardioid if it has a sense antenna (usually a short whip). 
This is most pronounced at medium frequencies and below.

For instance, from my New Jersey QTH, I can null out WSB on 
750KHz in Atlanta and hear Caracas.

Give it another shot looking for buried stations.

Regards,
Al

Al Klase - N3FRQ
Flemington, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/


DAVEINBHAM at aol.com wrote:
> I bought a set of the Palomar loop antennas last year and I am very 
> dissapointed with them.
> I trid using them with my Tentec RX350. They don't work any better than 
> a longwire.
> I have not yet tried the Palomar with either the R390A or the Racal 
> RA6790/GM.
> I bought the Palamor primarily to take to the beach with the Tentec. 
> There is little possibility to rig an antenna at the beach.
> So, the question is, is it antenna malfunction or operator malfunction ?
> Comments, please.