Hello All,
The ambitious plan here on this holiday morning was to test out the new 9'
sided PVC box loop here in actual TP DXing, as rotated on a heavy-duty PVC
support base in the back yard. After serious labor in preparation for this
Labor Day test, everything was ready to go at 1200 UTC-- except for the TP
signals.
The monster box loop was able to provide serious gain for this morning's
anemic TP's, but as John, Walt, Nigel and Dennis have already reported, the
signal levels were dreary at best. No matter what the antenna, if the
propagation is tanking, your DX results will tank along with it.
At the peak of a very modest dawn enhancement (around 1315), weak audio was
heard on 657-Pyongyang, 666-JOBK, 738-Taiwan (with the buzzing carrier)
and 972-HLCA, with strong audio on 594-JOAK, 747-JOIB and 828-JOBB. After
the lackluster Asian TP's faded at 1330, the monster loop was swung around
for DU's, and weak audio from 738-Tahiti was heard, along with a strong
carrier from 639-Fiji, and a moderate carrier from 648-Rhema-- among other
moderate-carrier Kiwis and Aussies.
The morning wasn't a total waste, however, as various mechanical
refinements to this largest-sized PVC Loop were tested, and worked well. When TP
conditions finally cooperate, this 9' sided (13' diagonal) tuned passive loop
should fully justify its $52 cost :-)
73, Gary DeBock
Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick)
9' sided PVC Loop (related article is in DXer.Ca, and in the Yahoo
Ultralightdx file site)
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