Re: [IRCA] Loop antenna

["Chris Knight" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's odd...I must've copied the list by accident. Soz guys. Took it a few
hours to post, probably due to the attachments. If anyone would like to see
the photos, please email me privately.

73.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Knight
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 4:37 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Loop antenna


Hey Kevin,

I finally got around to building a previously-mentioned, portable, variable
capacitance project box that's easily detached from one loop antenna and
moved to another. Photos are attached. The inside contains a single 0-365pF
variable capacitor (a dual-gang capacitor's profile fully unmeshed was too
tall to fit). The capacitor sits atop a small piece of doubled-sided foam
tape.

This has got to be one of the easiest projects in the world to build. I'm
already thinking about a variation of placing 3 of these single capacitors
on one long side and sliding switches on the other side. The switching
arrangement would place the var caps in parallel making this tuning box very
versatile across different loop antennas.

The Crate Loop is great! I simply place the radio, headphones, flashlight,
tuning box, notebook, etc. inside the crate and carry it all out to the DX
site.

73,

Chris Knight
Fort Lupton, CO

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