Topband: Loop on Ground receiving antenna.

[Jerry and Faye]

You are correct.  It is rubbish.  I built it and recorded measurements 
because there was so much hype about it.  I got exactly what I 
expected.  A high angle omnidirectional antenna is not a DX receiving 
antenna.  However if you are into NVIS it actually will improve S/N for 
those signals (which is why some people think it is a low noise 
receiving antenna).  It gets rid of all those low angle signals.

Jerry, K4SAV


On 5/23/2023 10:05 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
> I just tried making a Loop on the Ground to see if it would be any lower
> noise than my 6ft 160m Loop up in the loft.
>
> I followed several people's suggested dimensions . . . so 15 feet each side,
> feeding it in the middle of the side pointing West with a 450:50 ohm
> transformer . . . And it's rubbish!
>
> A local station (in the right direction) on my 6ft vertical loop in the loft
> needs a 20dB preamp to bring him to the same level as on my Dipole (and the
> noise is 6 to 10dB lower).
>
> But on the LOG he was 30dB weaker, that's WITH the 20dB preamp!  So the S/N
> would be rubbish.  Anyone else tried something similar on 160m?
>
> Roger G3YRO
>
>
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