I use a simple loop. A half dozen turns of leftover insulated copperweld
about 18" in diameter taped to a fiberglass electric fence rod. Directly
attach rg-58 or 8x coax and wind as many turns as possible through a big
ferrite to make a choke for the feedline. Gives a nice figure 8 pattern but
pretty low sensitivity. maybe add a preamp for weaker signals? maybe more
turns would be more efficient?
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://wiki.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://k1ttt.net
-----Original Message-----
From: N1BUG [mailto:paul@n1bug.com]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 13:27
To: rfi@contesting.com
Subject: [RFI] 160m ARDF / fox hunt antenna
I need a hand held ARDF / fox hunting antenna for 160 meters. It has to be
small enough to be easily hand carried (preferably for long periods), cheap,
hopefully something I can throw together from assorted bits of junk and make
work acceptably. In other words, I need the impossible? I wish to use this
with my Alinco DJ-X11T receiver, rather than building a whole receiving
package. Any plans, links, ideas please?
73,
Paul N1BUG
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