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RE: [IRCA] Loop Antenna (ad infinitum...)
- Subject: RE: [IRCA] Loop Antenna (ad infinitum...)
- From: "Bruce Bacon" <bruce.bacon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:16:09 -0700
- Thread-index: AcT9vNfVUL4UrhV3Skq/EgzMr/Y9sgABsr3Q
Bert, this is probably more than you want to know, but...
http://www.mindspring.com/~loop_antenna/
I believe this is Bruce Collier's work.
You needed both signal (ANT) and ground (GND) lines into your receiver and
the coil needs to be tuned to approximate resonance.
73,
Bruce N7BWB
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ira Elbert New, III [mailto:ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 5:17 PM
> To: abdx@xxxxxxxx; irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [IRCA] Loop Antenna (ad infinitum...)
>
> Before I strung up my wire outside for the antenna for the
> Drake, it was in a 200' coil in my Radio Shack about a foot
> or so in diameter. Why didn't this act as a Loop Antenna? I
> tried turning it in several directions, turned it horizontal
> and turned it vertical, but the reception was always the same.
> IS there a reason for this? Just curious.
>
> Bert
>
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