Topband: Flags (terminated receiving loops), Noise Cancelors and city dwelling

[kd6nrp at earthlink.net]

Hi Markus:

Thanks for sharing.

I live in the suburbs and have a 50 x 50 foot backyard and need to keep my antenna low to the ground so it is not visible from the street. This means I have a 50 x 50 x 12 foot volume for a low profile antenna.

Using a 80m horizontal doublet and other compromise antennas from my small yard, I have still done surprisingly well (by my standards). Thus far I have logged well over 100 different 160m stations including Alaska, Hawaii, Michigan, and Louisiana.

73

Brian, KD6NRP




-----Original Message-----
>From: Markus Hansen <mkve7ca at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 28, 2011 8:57 AM
>To: topband at contesting.com
>Subject: Topband: Flags (terminated receiving loops),	Noise Cancelors and city dwelling
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> I live in a city but still enjoy 160 meters.  Though not a keener I still like entering the 160 meters contests and trying to work any DX I can hear.  As you all know, living in a city surrounded by homes with many, many RFI devices, noisy power lines etc, it can be a real challenge to come up with a receiving system that allows one to hear weaker stations.    A couple of years ago I built a rotatable terminated loop for receiving and tested two noise cancelors, the ARC-4 and MFJ-1650
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>I have describe my experiences on my 160M web page at:   
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>www.ve7ca.net/Ant160.htm
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>Maybe some of you fellows may find this helpful or at least an interesting read.
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>73 and enjoy the Top Band postings.
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>Markus 
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>Markus Hansen VE7CA
>North Vancouver, BC  CANADA
>WEB:  ve7ca.net
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