[RFI] Tom's Loops

Tom Thompson w0ivj at tomthompson.com
Fri Aug 12 11:24:14 EDT 2016


Hi Dave,

All the housing are plastic.

Tom


On 8/12/2016 8:00 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> I noticed that you don't show any sort of housing with your loop tuning
> caps in them on your page, however one photo shows the top of a plastic
> housing with a cap mounted to it.
>
> When you do place a tuning cap in a housing, on a loop, do you use a
> metal or plastic chassis?  Does a metal housing distort the pattern too
> badly, have you done testing on this?
>
> I am in the process of building yet another loop, and the thought of
> metal vs., plastic has never occurred to me until I saw that photo you
> have showing the plastic cover mounting a tuning cap.
>
> -- 
> 73's, and thanks,
> Dave (NK7Z)
> For software/hardware reviews see:
> http://www.nk7z.net
>
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