I agree with Bob. In noisy locations a coax loop or flag antenna can make a
big difference. If you live in the country away from other humans and all
their electronic RFI generators then it is unlikley a coax loop will make
much difference compared to a transmitting antenna.
I have described my experiments with the coax loop and a rotatable diamond
shaped low noise directional receiving antenna on my web site for those who
are interested:
http://shelbrook.com/~ve7ca/Ant160.htm
Markus VE7CA
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:12 PM, GU4YOX <gu4yox@cwgsy.net> wrote:
> Pete (HB9DSU) was asking about coax loops. I did some work on coax loops a
> few years ago and have had great results. On occasions the signal levels
> are
> higher than on my Beverages but sometimes the converse is true. I think the
> 160M adage is to have as many tools at hand as is necessary to pull
> stations
> out of the noise. The link to my small article is:
> http://www.gu4yox.com/160%20and%2080M%20Rx%20Antennas.htm There is nothing
> new in the design, it just works for me (sometimes!)
>
>
>
> GL 73 Bob
>
> GU4YOX
>
> _______________________________________________
> 160 meters is a serious band, it should be treated with respect. - TF4M
>
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Markus Hansen
VE7CA, North Vancouver, BC CANADA
Web site: http://www.shelbrook.com/~ve7ca/
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