Topband: Wellbrook receive loop performance

[Timo Toro]

Quarter wave vertical is not good antenna for serious DX, I suppose. 
Compared to 3 el yagi at 300f ;-)

http://vimeo.com/27737232

But Wellbrook antennas are good also.

Timo, OH5KW

At 19:18 -0700 11/4/12, wb6rse1 at mac.com wrote:
>On Apr 11, 2012, at 12:23 PM, W2PM wrote:
>
>  Nice for nulling strong local point source noise but that's it. It 
>will enable qsos not possible otherwise and some DX I suppose but 
>Wellbrook is not a good choice for any serious DX work. No mag 
>antenna is.
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>
>I would not be too quick to dismiss small magnetic receiving loops 
>from consideration for DX work. I used a coax diamond loop, 5 feet 
>on a side, on a rotator at 20 feet, prior to trying larger wire 
>loops. The small loop enabled many contacts in Europe from my West 
>Coast city lot. The signals were otherwise unreadable on my transmit 
>vertical.
>
>Small loops are relatively inexpensive to build. A pre-amp and 
>usually a front end RX signal limiter are necessary and add to the 
>overall investment but those can be used with any RX only antenna. A 
>loop and a transmit vertical used for diversity receive can be 
>surprising.
>
>I highly recommend small receive loops if your real-estate will not 
>allow for more.
>
>73 - Steve WB6RSE
>
>
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