But you're running decent power levels and your signal is strong, so the losses must be low, i.e. the currents must be high. Do you really get 50A @ 1kW, i.e. the loop losses (including the capacitor
Hi Bob, Yes but Bill always worked at the 1W level. I forget the exact numbers but the loop has an inductive reactance of 100-200 ohms, when you multiply that by a loop current of 50A you can ge
Just a quick report on a failure mode for LF TX antennas. Last Fall my original TX loop made up of approximately 500 feet of RG-11 coax suspended from trees went open circuit (both center conductor a
ykes I forgot that and at 1 watt I believe Bill was able to generate a ;ot of current at your power level I would expect any discontinuity in the loop would be a flash point or at least a potential o
Warren, What is the voltage between the tree (GND) and loop? I thought that the voltages are rather small, i.e. below 100V, especially when a large loop is used. Isn't it possible to ground the loop?
Thought the loop info Bill Ashloch developed pointed to high currents in the loop so a large conductor needed ,, but low voltage and I remember ( ? ) his idea of pushing soft plumbing copper through
Hi Stefan, There are thousands or perhaps tens of thousands of volts from the loop to ground. If I grounded the loop with and there was a large potential difference, wouldn't that cause a larg
