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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Its interesting how some subjects that have been around a
while sometimes suddenly pop up and become ‘in vogue.” NN4ZZ
and K4DLI have just added K9AY loops for receive, and three different groups
and/or individuals have been over to my QTH in the last two weeks to inspect
mine.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As far as I’m concerned, you can’t get a better
bargain than a K9AY if you don’t have room for beverages. They are
thirty feet in diameter and 25 feet high and they do work. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>You can buy the one from Array Solutions for significant bux
or you can build your own for around $10. Mine is home brew. </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gary</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> does not recommend
decoupling beads on the feedline, but I believe they are a useful precaution to
keep common mode current off the shield. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Anyway, Gary, K9AY, has just published an extensive set of
tech notes on how to make them, how to use more than one in phase, etc.
All the data can be found at:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="http://www.aytechnologies.com/">http://www.aytechnologies.com/</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It’s worthwhile reading. I
have spare cores if folks want to wind transformers – it takes 5 minutes
to make one. I use 2 turns and 6 turns, </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Gary</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> uses 3 turns and 9 turns
but our results are the same. </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ill</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> be adding a second K9AY soon and phase them with an MFJ noise
canceller. Can’t work ‘em if you can’t hear ‘em.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>73, Hal N4GG</span></font></p>
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