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Subject: [RFI] DFing progress
From: eedwards@oppd.com (EDWARDS, EDDIE J)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:41:56 -0600
What about just adjusting the frequency of the rcvr higher & higher?  

In addition to being farther away from antenna's resonance, the higher
you go in freq, the closer you need to be to the noise source to pick it
up.

73, de ed -K0iL

-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Smith [mailto:n4zr@contesting.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 6:55 PM
To: rfi@contesting.com
Subject: [RFI] DFing progress


I wented to let everyone know that I've succeeded in mating the Moxon 
rectangle antenna from the March 2001 RFI receiver project to my Icom 
IC-Q7A handitalky.  I cobbled up the antenna out of aluminum rod,
mounted 
it to a board with screw eyes, and threaded the ends of the rod for nuts
to 
attach the feedline.  The resulting antenna resonated at 137 MHz first
try, 
and has a broad front lobe, fair attentuation off the sides, and a very 
narrow cardioid-style notch off the back, all just as advertised.

The only small downside is that the thing is almost too sensitive.
Anyone 
got any suggestions for a simple non-calibrated attenuator that I could
put 
between the antenna and the radio to make it work a bit better close in
to 
the noise source?

73, Pete N4ZR
Happy Holidays




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