Don’t have that much room. My available space is about 150’ x 250’ with the
tower in middle of it. House separates that area from the front yard which is
150’ x 150’. Had the K9AY in the front yard, also tried the SAL-30 there. Very
directional but couldn’t hear Europe any better than on the L. Tried a BOG but
it may have been too long. Probably 300-350’ It went across the top of my
radial field for the tower/L. (And into half of the neighbors front yard)
Pointed towards EU....completely deaf compared to the L.
Haven’t given up hope...
Cecil
K5DL
> On Aug 7, 2018, at 6:06 PM, Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I also live in a very quiet location. But put up a directional one-wavelength
> Beverage pointed at Europe, Asia, Oceana, or Africa, and you'll see how much
> noise that you really have! :-)
>
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
> Please see my Beverage antenna information there
>
>> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018, 5:53 PM chacuff <chacuff@cableone.net> wrote:
>> I don't have problems with noise...which may be why RX antennas don't
>> perform a whole lot better than my TX antenna. I wouldn't say it's extremely
>> quiet but it's not excessively noisy. Hope to play more with antennas this
>> fall and winter.
>>
>> Cecil
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
>> Date: 8/7/18 4:58 PM (GMT-06:00)
>> To: Phil Duff <na4m@suddenlink.net>
>> Cc: topband <topband@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: Topband: making a bev seem longer
>>
>> A loop such as that has a very narrow null at very low angles, and
>> therefore it's usually not very effective for anything except for local RFI
>> or another local ham. For power line or nearby QRN, it's useful. But that's
>> about it. There are much better RX antennas.
>>
>> 73, Mike
>> www.w0btu.com
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018, 7:37 PM Phil Duff <na4m@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> > > On Aug 6, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Cecil Acuff <chacuff@cableone.net> wrote:
>> > > Wish I could find an effective RX antenna that showed a great s/n
>> > improvement over the L.
>> >
>> > Look into a magnetic loop such as the design by N6RK as described in a
>> > past NCJ:
>> >
>> > http://www.n6rk.com/loopantennas/NCJ_loop_antenna_N6RK.pdf
>> >
>> > I use one on 160/80 and find it effective at improving the S/N ratio over
>> > my vertically polarized 160m and 80m transmit antennas.
>> >
>> >
>> > de Phil NA4M
>>
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