I have examined the RFI situation at some local apartment-bound ops on 40M
and I swear when they work into their loop that it is their apartment
wiring that is radiating, and not the loop antenna. It's gotta be worse on
160M.
A guest op at a local contest superstation reported how hard it was to work
DX the first morning on the high bands, then went to check out the antenna
switching after a local with just a wire (aka me) was working the DX before
him. He found out that all the QSO's he had that morning up to that point
had been worked with a Heathkit Cantenna dummy load :-). Yes, it is very
possible to work stations just using a Cantenna! (Possibly circa 30-40 dB
down leaking into the beam, but I'm guessing feedline radiation can be
similar too.)
Tim N3QE
On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 7:59 AM, jonathan white <
jonathan.white20@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Hi I am in a bit of trouble I will be mooing to a flat/apartment ,so can
> anyone give me details of a mag loop that will fit in a room and also be
> able to be taken apart and resembled on a beach,will use big vac cap 1000pf
> 40kv Russian type,any takers,and please dont laugh I love topband.
> 73`s Jon g8ccl
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