Here's another page that's helpful. http://www.standpipe.com/w2bri/
Press on! The darn things do work... 73, stan WB2LQF On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 6:25 PM, KQ8M wrote: > Can someone direct me to construction guides besides the Ant Handbook. > That > thing drives me nuts. hi hi I would like to build one for 40/80 mtr > receiving. Possibly others for 30 on up. > > Thank you, > > Tim Herrick, KQ8M > North Coast Contesters > [email protected] > > K3 Serial #5934 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of stan > levandowski > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 6:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Amazing! > > I have had some surprising results with a 40M mag loop I built from > hardline (real cheap) as well as an *all out* (that means big bucks > blown) 20 meter mag loop that I built from 1.5" copper pipe, a > Jennings vacuum variable, and a 1 rpm motor from Edmunds Scientific. > My best DX so far (confirmed) is UA1CE on 900 mw on 20M with my KX1 > for about 6500 miles. The darn thing was sitting on my driveway about > 3" off the ground. > > My personal findings: Superb receive antenna; lousy transmitting > antenna; highly directional; Incredibly quiet compared to my doublet; > extremely narrow bandwidth. > > It's presently sitting in the garage. I haven't given up on it but I > much prefer my doublet and end fed half wave toys at this time. > > But frankly, for someone - anyone - who has *severe* antenna > restrictions to contend with, the mag loop is most certainly worth > reading up on. It's not a toy! > > 73, Stan WB2LQF > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Gary D Krause wrote: > >> Ignacy, I agree. That's why I like mag loops. I've built three of >> them and I'm getting ready to build a forth. They are quieter than >> my home brewed 30' multi-band vertical and I can pick out signals a >> little better when band conditions aren't so great. Add the quiet K2 >> and signals pop out of nowhere. >> >> Gary, N7HTS >> >> >> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:25:12 -0800 (PST) >> Ignacy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The mag loop performance can be surprisingly good if the surrounding >>> objects >>> are not attenuating. Excellent performance next to wooden objects, >>> better >>> and quieter than a low dipole. Also multi band operation without a >>> tuner. >>> But not good when surrounded by brick/concrete. >>> Ignacy >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Amazing-tp7151103p7152245.html >>> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
