Re: [IRCA] MFJ - 1026 Phaser observations...

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

At 02:50 31/10/2006, you wrote:
> > Does anyone have any tips as to ALA100 loop placements?
> > Should the 2 loops please placed close to each other? at right angles?
> > Would I be better off with different antennas?
>
>I made two of the copper tube loops to phase.  I ended up with the same
>results, even when the loops were 200 feet apart.  I attributed it to leaky
>coax spoiling the source signal.  There may be something else at work,
>though.  The same phaser attached to a 900' and a 450' wire works fine.  I'd
>try a couple of wires.  The MFJ isn't the best, but it should provide some
>useful phasing.

Even with the loops at right angles, Craig?   I've used a DXP-3 
phaser with two smallish ALA100 loops at right angles in the past and 
gotten reasonable nulls, sort of like turning a box loop without 
tilting it, but results are better if I phase a wire vs. one of the loops.

What kind of phaser were you using?  Perhaps this is a concern with 
the MFJ1026?

best wishes,

Nick




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Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, B.C.
Canada

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