[TowerTalk] DF Antenna

K8RI on Tower Talk k8ri-tower at charter.net
Tue Jan 25 14:25:46 EST 2005


I read you already have a different method in mind, but I used to do DFing 
as part of my job.
The loop antenna was several turns of insulated wire inside a copper tube 
with a tuning cap at the base.

The simplest method is to take a piece of 1/2 inch copper tubing long enough 
to make a loop about 16 inches in diameter.  You can play with the number of 
turns inside, but two is probably a good place to start.

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com


This may be stretching "antennas" a bit but....    I'm in need of small 
"one-hand" carried portable antenna that can be used in the 3-4 MHz range to 
hunt down a persistent noise at my QTH.  I'd prefer to use it with my Davco 
DR-30 rather than buy a small portable SW radio.  Any design ideas?

Thanks, Joe k7mks
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