I have had some surprising results with a 40M mag loop I built from hardline (real cheap) as well as an *all out* (that means big bucks blown) 20 meter mag loop that I built from 1.5" copper pipe, a Jennings vacuum variable, and a 1 rpm motor from Edmunds Scientific. My best DX so far (confirmed) is UA1CE on 900 mw on 20M with my KX1 for about 6500 miles. The darn thing was sitting on my driveway about 3" off the ground.
My personal findings: Superb receive antenna; lousy transmitting antenna; highly directional; Incredibly quiet compared to my doublet; extremely narrow bandwidth. It's presently sitting in the garage. I haven't given up on it but I much prefer my doublet and end fed half wave toys at this time. But frankly, for someone - anyone - who has *severe* antenna restrictions to contend with, the mag loop is most certainly worth reading up on. It's not a toy! 73, Stan WB2LQF On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Gary D Krause wrote: > Ignacy, I agree. That's why I like mag loops. I've built three of > them and I'm getting ready to build a forth. They are quieter than my > home brewed 30' multi-band vertical and I can pick out signals a > little better when band conditions aren't so great. Add the quiet K2 > and signals pop out of nowhere. > > Gary, N7HTS > > > On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:25:12 -0800 (PST) > Ignacy <n...@arrl.net> wrote: >> The mag loop performance can be surprisingly good if the surrounding >> objects >> are not attenuating. Excellent performance next to wooden objects, >> better >> and quieter than a low dipole. Also multi band operation without a >> tuner. >> But not good when surrounded by brick/concrete. >> Ignacy >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Amazing-tp7151103p7152245.html >> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
