What is special about an Ashlock loop you ask; the tuning components.
Nothing new and exotic just explained real well by Bill and tested over and
over to refine the procedure and construction and installation of a
super-performing loop. Everyone that has followed his advise to the exact
letter has gotten a good signal on the band in the US. I am waiting for the
license to be mailed back so I can cram 400w into my loop. If I can make 1w
go easily past 160 miles with a totally audible CW signal day and night,
imagine what 400w or even less would do as I don't think it will take the
full legal limit to make solid CW contacts with this antenna and decent
conditions.
I understand that most amateur LF antennas are inefficient, but these loops
have been bad mouthed for a long time and we have an Engineer here that has
taken on the task of designing and testing the heck out of a 50' by 50' loop
on 185kc and come up with a few variations that tested in the real world on
the air and continue to prove their awesome design and engineering to
perform excellent.
Yes, verticals do work well with the proper installation. Or you can make a
lousy installed vertical work with a bunch of power. But take a lousy
installed loop or lousy matched loop and it wont work worth a darn. Follow
Bill's advise and it will work.
Mike>WE0H
http://www.we0h.us/lf
WE 185.3026kc
QRSS & -.-. .--
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[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Steve Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 2:16 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: LF: Re: RE: Re: Re: Loops again
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From: WE0H <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 25 December 2002 02:40
Subject: LF: RE: Re: Re: Loops again
Then why did my 1-watt signal go 1302 miles the other week? I was sending
QRSS-30 and the receive station was southwest from here. My loop points
north and south. It usually goes out past 500 miles in QRSS and over 160
miles in CW with the receiving station listening to it with his ears. It
is
an Ashlock loop maybe that is the difference???
What's special about an Ashlock loop?
The article I mentioned does say that electrically tiny loops are
inefficient - but aren't electrically tiny verticals inefficient too?
Steve
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