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Sent from my iPad > On Jun 7, 2020, at 07:48, Dave Cole <d...@nk7z.net> wrote: > > Add upward pointing non-metallic pins along the top half of the loop. > > 73, and thanks, > Dave (NK7Z) > https://www.nk7z.net > ARRL Volunteer Examiner > ARRL Technical Specialist > ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources > >> On 6/7/20 7:15 AM, Andy Durbin 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 d...@nk7z.net > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 k...@icloud.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
