Hi Clay, Long time no see...
When I lived in Minooka in the 60's & 70's our old friend from Kankakee
who was with the TV cable company fixed me up with a lot of "scraps" of half
inch and one inch 75 ohm foam dialectric solid aluminum encased coax. Some
of it had a direct burial covering.
On 4/14/2012 4:40 AM, Clay Melhorn wrote:
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> provided.http://www.w9az.com/Newsletters/KARS-April-12.pdf
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> The loop antenna looks promising and I find myself seriously
PC boards for the loop are still available.
> your experience with setting the loop antenna against a small
> wooden s
rich...@karlquist.com
> To: steve.r...@culligan4water.com
> CC: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Small loop Performance
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>
>
> On 4/11/2012 5:57 PM, steve.r...@culligan4water.com wrote:
> > A
> stations? I've worked with a couple of loops based
excerpt hasn't offended anyone and I
> certainly hope that it has shed a different light on the
> less knowledgeable and will create an incentive for them to strive for
> better systems at their locations. 73s all, and see you in the
> pileup or whatever.
>
> de
> K4CKDennis...
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-Original Message-
From: Gary and Kathleen Pearse
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:42 PM
To: topband List
Subject: Re: Topband: Small loop Performance
Well, my Wellbrook might work as well yours, as I too have worked CE/K7CA
with mine on 160 from the Black Hole of KL7.
Well, my Wellbrook might work as well yours, as I too have worked CE/K7CA with
mine on 160 from the Black Hole of KL7. More than once as well.
For me the magic isn't directional gain, it's the improved S/N and the ability
to null local single point QRN.
If I were able to extend a Beverage or t
On 4/11/2012 5:57 PM, steve.r...@culligan4water.com wrote:
> A
stations? I've worked with a couple of loops based on
N6RK's designs, and while they have deep nulls and work
as expectred they also don't seem to produce any usable
RF from DX stations. I can hear stateside signals with
A lot of us are of course interested in the results of these experiments
because the loop is small enough to fit into a typical suburban or urban lot.
In evaluating the performance of these antennas it is interesting to hear about
one's ability to null out a local Am broadcast station. However t
