Made one of these Loop antenna's way back in around 1960. We used to use it for direction finding in rabbit hunts. Flip them horizontal, and you have a horizontal omni directional antenna. Wish I had my old one to use today. If you use it on 2 meters or other bands ( smaller size for VHF and uhf ) you can also add a vertical reflector element which will give you a sharper null in the direction of the station you are trying to DF. Mount if with a beam ant, and you can target your signal perfect
Nice videos Bob. Have you ever made a magnetic loop for 80 meters? I was looking for something that wasn't real real noisy and wasn't a real big antenna. For receive on 160 and 80.
Terry, this one works great on 17M, see the next video. Due to the characteristics of this type of antenna, it will even work better on 15, 12 and 10 respectively and slightly less efficient on 20M.
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baznet 4 months ago
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TimeTravelerTN 10 months ago
Made one of these Loop antenna's way back in around 1960. We used to use it for direction finding in rabbit hunts. Flip them horizontal, and you have a horizontal omni directional antenna. Wish I had my old one to use today. If you use it on 2 meters or other bands ( smaller size for VHF and uhf ) you can also add a vertical reflector element which will give you a sharper null in the direction of the station you are trying to DF. Mount if with a beam ant, and you can target your signal perfect
TimeTravelerTN 10 months ago
can i have the diagram ?
9w2pju 10 months ago
if this was built by a cber you would get the plans by email and not being made join in a group that you want no part of? ham guys keeping it to min.
29pu04 11 months ago
Nice videos Bob. Have you ever made a magnetic loop for 80 meters? I was looking for something that wasn't real real noisy and wasn't a real big antenna. For receive on 160 and 80.
KYLake 1 year ago
Crafty tuning cap idea! Looks very professional.
73 de Perry G0IFI
G0IFI 1 year ago
How about sharing your plans???
Jimmy:)
wx9dx 1 year ago
@wx9dx For detailed discussion regarding this loop or other loops, please visit MagLoop in Yahoo usergroups.
Bob
PortableQRP 1 year ago
How about sharing your construction plans??? Jimmy
wx9dx 1 year ago
cool maybe you can show us more
radiobigman47 1 year ago
@radiobigman47 For detailed discussion regarding this loop or other loops, please visit MagLoop in Yahoo usergroups.
Bob
PortableQRP 1 year ago
looks good i need you to make me one for 17m.
73 Terry
ve3tmg 1 year ago
Terry, this one works great on 17M, see the next video. Due to the characteristics of this type of antenna, it will even work better on 15, 12 and 10 respectively and slightly less efficient on 20M.
Thanks, your antenna is now on the bench.
PortableQRP 1 year ago
Awesome antenna
73
VA7BC 1 year ago