Re: [IRCA] Antenna Projects

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Hi Chris:

Thanks for the kind words - I also have a 7600GR, and the Crate Loop
really makes it tick.

I just wound a couple sense coil turns around the Crate Loop and fed it
straight into the low-Z input on my Yaesu FRG-100B, and it appears to have
more SNR than a Quantum Loop, although the Quantum Loop's internal
amplifier makes the S-meter deflect farther.  Since the output from the
Crate Loop was S-7 and above, the extra amplification in the Quantum Loop
base isn't really doing anything, so the Crate Loop appears to outpace the
Quantum Loop.

Good luck!

Kevin


> The Crate Loop looks like a great project and I'm going to start building
> one this weekend to use with a Sony ICF-SW7600GR (light, but not
> ultra-light) and perhaps with the Drake R8 (using a pick-up turn of wire).
> The only problem here is the computer hash (5 computers at this QTH).
>
> The helically-wound vertical posted by Craig Healy may be the answer to
> the
> computer noise. The plan is to build a scaled-down version to go next to
> the
> computer in the shack as a noise sense antenna and attempt to phase out
> some
> of the hash.
>
> Thanks guys for the great ideas/designs and for posting them! 73.
>
> Chris Knight
> Fort Lupton, CO
>
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