Topband: to rotate or not to rotate

[George & Marijke Guerin]

Hi Lane et. al.

IMHO, you should rotate a loop unless you have only one axis of interest the
reception pattern is usually a figure 8 in the plane of the loop, so it will
be bidirectional, but have a deep null perpendicular to the plane of the
loop, so you would loose some areas of interest.  A loop should be OK near
the ground, unless your home has lots of metal, like aluminum siding or
metal roofing, etc.

Good luck,    George        K8GG

P.S.  The real advantage of rotating a loop is to place the null on local
noise sources...a portable one works well for identifying power line
leaks, electric fences, etc.  (W4ZV)


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