Topband: WB6RSE Flag type loop question

Nick Hall-Patch nhp at ieee.org
Wed Aug 1 15:55:00 EDT 2018


DuckDuckGo brought up this at the top of its search:  http://kk5jy.net/LoG/

Presumably that is what you mean?

best wishes,

Nick
VE7DXR

At 19:04 2018-08-01, CUTTER DAVID via Topband wrote:
>Drifting the thread slightly: I read an article recently regarding 2 
>loops of 15ft square separated by 15ft which the author called Loop 
>On Ground, LOG.  He claimed good results on receive over a period of 
>a year.  It was very low gain but had directional properties and was 
>said to be quiet.    I can't lay my hands on the site just now, but 
>it might be of interest.
>
>David G3UNA
>
> >
> >     On 01 August 2018 at 17:15 donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Mike,
> >
> >     A horizontally polarized loop -- or any other horizontally polarized
> >     160 meter antenna -- has extremely poor sensitivity when installed
> >     less than about 0.1 wavelenght above the ground. Even if you raise
> >     a horizontally polarized loop to about 0.1 wavelength (50 feet on 160
> >     meters) it will be a poor antenna for DXing because of its 
> insensitivity
> >     to low angles of arrival.
> >
> >     73
> >     Frank
> >     W3LPL
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >
> >     From: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu at w0mu.com>
> >     To: topband at contesting.com
> >     Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 3:40:10 PM
> >     Subject: Topband: WB6RSE Flag type loop question
> >
> >     Has anyone tried a loop like this in the Horizontal plane? I suppose
> >     if one had an AZ mount they could try it from horizontal to Vertical.
> >
> >     His flag build was in the July 2015 QST.
> >
> >     W0MU
> >
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Nick Hall-Patch
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