Topband: K9AY Loop Questions

[Mike Waters]

Hi Pete,

You've received good advice here.
Do you have a rotator on your K9AY loop? It has a deep null in one
direction, which null should be aimed at your low-angle QRN or QRM source.

Disclaimer: I never used one (since I have 580' Beverages). However, over
the years I have read many, many testimonials in favor of it.

73, Mike
W0BTU

On Mon, Jan 3, 2022, 4:33 PM Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com> wrote:

> No significant difference in most cases.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
> web server at<http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
> For spots, please use your favorite
> "retail" DX cluster.
>
> On 1/3/2022 10:55 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> > Which antenna can you more easily copy the station on?  I would hope
> > the loop.
> >
> > W0MU
> >
> > On 1/2/2022 12:24 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> >> On 1/2/2022 7:29 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> >>> The antenna is directional, as demonstrated by tuning in broadcast
> >>> stations at the high end of the AM band and separating stations on
> >>> the same frequency so that I can hear one or the other.  Atmospheric
> >>> noise is 1-2 S units more on my inverted L than on the K9AY antenna,
> >>> but signal strengths of stations in the favored direction of the
> >>> loop seem about the same or a bit lower than the inverted L.
> >>
> >> Hi Pete,
> >>
> >> RX antennas don't make signals louder, but they improve the signal to
> >> noise ratio, making them easier to copy -- IF your noise(s) is/are
> >> not in the same direction as the signal.
> >>
> >> 73, Jim K9YC
>