Topband: Eighteen years later, K9AY rethinks the receiving loop antenna

[Marsh Stewart]

It is a multiturn loop.

Also Gary offers some tips on how to model the K9AY loop with NEC2 /MININEC
ground so that the "model" will be closer to "actual".

73,
Marsh, KA5M

  

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Waters
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 9:19 AM
To: topband
Subject: Topband: Eighteen years later,K9AY rethinks the receiving loop
antenna

 I let my NCJ subscription lapse, but I see on the latest cover
(March/April 2015) that there seems to be an update on the K9AY loop.
Either that, or Gary has come up with an entirely new and improved RX
antenna design.
 A photo of it using multiple wires on a frame, with the statement
"Eighteen years later, K9AY rethinks the receiving loop antenna":
http://ncjweb.com/cover-image/Cover-MarApr-2015.jpg
 It's hard to tell from the photo, but it looks like a multi-turn loop! Is
this for real, or is this another one of the ARRL's April Fool articles?
Can anyone who has that issue shed some light on this?

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
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