Topband: Wellbrook receive loop performance

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I get that Eddy. But I've been there and done that in this small, noisy suburban non 160 friendly QTH.  I've worked VK with a mag loop and they are worth having if u can afford the space to share with much better alternatives. Any of the Flags and Pennants even the half sized ones are far better performers. In fact a short BOG I've found superior nearly all the time to a mag loop. 


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On Apr 12, 2012, at 8:36, Eddy Swynar <deswynar at xplornet.ca> wrote:

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> On 2012-04-12, at 8:25 AM, Raoul Coetzee wrote:
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>>> I would not be too quick to dismiss small magnetic receiving loops from 
>> consideration for DX work. 
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Who would have the unmitigated gall to condemn ANY receiving antenna, if said antenna was the sole alternative left to a radio Amateur...?
> 
> Some years ago when we still lived in 'burbs I participated in the ARRL 160-meter contest & made hundreds of contacts: my antenna? A W1FB shielded coaxial loop, adjacent to my station, and 8 feet BELOW ground level in my basement!
> 
> Don't knock it, till you've walked a mile in the other guy's shoes---and be prepared to be amazed.
> 
> ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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