[Premium-Rx] Super ferrite rod aerials

[Warren Ziegler]

--- John Reed <ka5qep at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> For those of you interested in really monstrous
> ferrite loops, a good friend of mine built one that
consisted of 112 bars of 12"X3/4" rods.  It was 16 
> feet long and could be rotated with some effort
> since the ferrite alone weighed about 100 pounds. 
The performance was on a par with smaller monsters of
about 4' length however. 
 
    Did the 16' or even the 4' ferrite loop have any
advantage over an equivalent diameter (4' or 16'
circular or square) air core loop?
73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ





		
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