Hello All,
I have gotten a lot of good advice from many of you in the past regarding
antennas, both transmit and receive. I have finally gotten a quarter wave
inverted L put up which seems to be doing a nice job for me with great reports
so far. Now, I need to concentrate on the receive side of the equation.
IN the past I have corresponded with many of you about EWE antennas, snakes and
so on. However, after due consideration, I need to note here that my primary
problem is reducing local noise on the receive antenna and thus I feel a loop
might best do the trick for me. I currently have a big, single turn shielded
coaxial loop I built and then equipped with one of KC2TX's tuning boxes.
However, this loop has never performed for me and I have to run a long run of
RG-58 to get to it. I want to shift to something smaller, perhaps even in the
shack. I do not have room for something like the K9AY systems in my location.
IN reading about various loops I note the Palomar, among others and wonder if
anyone on the list is using this or a similar loop successfully. I need to be
able to turn whatever I end up using to null out various noise sources and do
have a small TV rotator I can use for that purpose if I go with something
outside.
Basically, I need some feedback on the Palomar or other small commercially
available or home brew loops. I am totally blind so specific construction
details on
any home brew items would be very helpful. Also, if anyone has such a small
loop and would like to sell it, I would like to talk with you.
Thanks much to all and very 73.
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio: K7RX
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