Somehow figure out how to mount a fake owl on top? Dave wo2x
Sent from my iPad > On Jun 7, 2020, at 10:16 AM, Andy Durbin <a.dur...@msn.com> wrote: > > I use a home brew mag loop on 30 m band and work into Asia most mornings > with it. The loop tunes to a near perfect match (1.00:1 SWR) but becomes > instantly detuned when a dove perches on top of it. SWR jumps instantly to > > 3.0:1 and trips my High SWR monitor. The birds look stupid but they are > smart enough not to straddle the loop opening. I imagine full loop voltage > between their legs would de-tune them a bit but they just perch one side or > the other. > > Damn dove nearly cost me a QSO with JD1 this morning and that was new DX for > 30 m. I tail ended with FT8, he came back, I started to send my report, > High SWR trip, run to back door to chase the dove away, and got back before > JD1 had given up on me. > > So how to keep birds of a mag loop without lowing the Q? > > 73, > Andy k3wyc > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to rocke...@gmail.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
