Loop can work well in an apartment. Good to know what is in/behind walls if possible.
Voltages and field strengths can be very high so care is in order. Resistance in loop increases losses. With respect to copper versus less expansive materials. You get what you pay for. 73 es GL KL7JT On May 20, 2013, at 9:43 PM, "Bill Blomgren" <billb...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I saw the great writeup on the magnetic loop antenna and the inventive High > Voltage capacitor for tuning the thing. I'm looking at one of them strictly > because I'm stuck in an apartment. > > The fact it should be good for 100 watts is perfect for what I'm looking at > buying. > > I'm just wondering about the copper pipe used for the outer loop... I spotted > some very reasonably priced flexible conduit that could be used for the > "loop" proper. Do what is necessary to bond the capacitor into the rig, and > it would appear to be a reasonable alternative to the rather pricy copper > pipe. (They want your first born here for that, and the thieves are busy > collecting anything that isn't nailed down. > > Thoughts on that for its larger diameter, which should help with the coupling > to the rest of the world... > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
