Terry
>From what you say there is no excuse for not having a proper antenna farm
for LF/MF around your QTH.
Even a piece of wire, a few metres long thrown over a hedge or tree or as
high as you can get it is better than the small loop, or other contraptions
of micro antennas, Resonated at frequency of interest, or add a small preamp
if necessary.
If it has to be a circular loop use a length of tin lined plastic central
heating tube and bend it to the required diameter and pin it to a suitable
wooden frame with plastic pipe clips as used to secure small bore water
pipes up to 1 inch diameter.
Build a suitable preamap and the whole project costs little or nothing
depending on junk box stock
On your visit did you get the correct house because you have to travel along
a private drive/road to get to my house at the end, there are a couple of
bungalows on the way there and to view the antennas you have to travel past
my road until you get to a farm gate on the left and view the antennas by
looking over the gate towards the South.
Had I been at home when you visited you could have called and seen the
Engine Room
de mal/g3kev/Scalby
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry GW0EZY" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 2:13 PM
Subject: LF: RE: Re: RE: Re: Wellbrook Loop
> Hi Mal
>
> Sorry - couldn't resist the comment - especially as I expected you to
remark
> on poor loop performance compared to the large antenna examples you
mention.
> Of course, in practice amateurs have to do the best with the opportunities
> they have and loops can provide amateurs living in a challenging QTH with
> useful lf experience especially taking into account the low noise
> properties.
>
> I have relatives in Scarborough and we stay at Burniston. This summer, I
had
> a pleasant walk along the old railway to Scalby and had a quick look at
your
> QTH to understand why you are such a big signal here.
>
> Yes there is plenty of room in Wales and I really have no excuse not to
> erect a big antenna as, adjacent to our house, there are open fields
> belonging to a friendly farmer. Up till now other radio interests have had
> priority.
>
> 73 Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mal hamilton
> Sent: 16 December 2011 13:23
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: LF: Re: RE: Re: Wellbrook Loop
>
> I am West of that establishment and further into the countryside but I am
> comparing the said loop and its performance to larger antennas and not
QTH.
> location or space.
> I always thought of Wales as a spacious place and ideal for a radio
> amateurs, no need to be crammed into a tight corner.This is what the Welsh
> folks that I have met tell me.
> de mal/g3kev
>
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