Hi Pete That is one interesting find. I'm going to have to do some tests and see if I have the same issue.
My RX antenna and TX antennas are about 2 wavelengths apart and both are very well choked into a 2x8 switch. I am going to have to give this some thought. 73, Mike va3mw On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 4:26 PM N4ZR <n...@comcast.net> wrote: > Thank you to everyone who responded to my query. The transmitting > antenna was indeed coupling both noise and signals into my K9AY loops. > I disconnected it at the feedpoint and the noise level on the RX antenna > dropped 4 S-units! Fooling around today in steady rain (which may > affect the quality of ground, I'd expect). I was amazed, playing with > the high end of the AM broadcast band, to be able to select one of two > stations on the same frequency, just by switching the direction of the > loop array. I can hardly wait for European sunrise. > > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the Reverse Beacon Network > at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now > spotting RTTY activity worldwide. > For spots, please use your favorite > "retail" DX cluster. > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
