Re: [IRCA] I guess my new loop is working

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- John Cereghin <pastor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> After 2 months of tinkering with homemade my 2  foot-by-2 foot loop,
> I finally christened it with a new log- WESR  Onley-Onancock VA on
> 1330 with "Country Crossroads" program, ID, into  classic country
> music (a very rare format in this part of the  country).  Got it by
> nulling WJSS-Havre de Grace MD, which  dominates 1330 in central
> Delaware.  
>   
>   I'm not a technical type at all and I am still experimenting with
> the  tuning, especially since the loop in its current configuration
> only  tunes down to about 800 khz, so some re-winding is needed,
> especially  to deepen the nulls.  My daughter accidentially destroyed
>  my  1-meter loop yesterday, so back to square one with that :sob:.
>   


How many turns are you using ? How are you coupling the loop to the
radio ? What size variable capacitor are you using ? Are you using a
switchable fixed capactior for additional ?



Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA  ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20ID
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop


		
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