Topband: the loop is up

[Lane Zeitler]

Thank you for all of the replies in regards to whether or not the 
shielded loop should rotate or not. I will be installing a rotor in the 
near future. With the loop abt 4 feet off of the ground in my driveway 
last night I was able to hear the noise get nulled when I manually 
rotated the loop. It also did peak some stations. Since it only needs to 
rotate 90 degress for complete coverage I might just get a Wacky shack 
rotor for $65 and use that. Unless I can find a cheap TR-22 or the like.

Now I need to build the 'Antenna Receive Relay Box'. This will prevent 
me from accidently xmitting into the rcv antenna(s) and will also allow 
me to select other rcv antennas as I get them built. TX is always into 
the selected TX antenna via Jennings RJ1-A vacuum relay.

Thanks again for all of the input. My city lot is 66 feet wide by abt 
150 feet long. The next rcv ant is probably going to be a rotatable 
flag.

73s

Lane
Ku7i

BTW I used RG-62 for the shielded loop.



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