Topband: Low frequency RX antenna

[Gene Smar]

I agree with Steve - use whatever fits your property. Before I erected my tower in 2001, I had space in my suburban back yard for 3 bidirectional EWE rx antennas.  (See WA2WVL's Feb 95 QST article and his later one on bidirectional designs.) I was surprised at how well the S/N improved; I did use an ARR preamp in the line to the rx, with DC power to the feedpoint relays via the coax feedlines. And I had several hundred feet of RG-59 buried in that small backyard.
73 de Gene Smar AD3F 

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  On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 12:15 PM, Steve Lawrence via Topband<topband at contesting.com> wrote:   If you're considering a low band loop RX antenna you should just try anything that your space and circumstances allow.

All loops are just a variation on a theme subject to interactions you likely have limited ability to control. The same antenna may be amazing one day and a dud the next. Phased loops are yet another variation.

This article on ground independent loops may prove of interest:
E. Cunningham, K6SE (SK), “Flag, Pennants and Other Ground-Independent Low-Band Receiving Antennas,” QST, Jul 2000, p 34. 

GL & 73 - Steve WB6RSE
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