LF: Re: [500]: LOG?

["James Moritz" <james.moritz@btopenworld.com>]

Dear Dave, LF Group,

I have tried this - turning the plane of the loop horizontal more-or-less
nulls out all the signals, tending to confirm the theory that there isn't
much horizontally polarised signal near ground level. A side effect with a
high-Q tuned loop is that if it is near the ground, it will be knocked out
of tune by the combination of extra stray capacitance and the "shorted turn"
effect of the ground.

Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave G3WCB" <ganymede444@btopenworld.com>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 3:43 PM
Subject: LF: [500]: BOG - Beverage on the Ground & GM4SLV report


> EWE - is that a sheep?
>
> I use a 1.8m square 2-turn loop "stealth" RX antenna at my alternate QTH
in
> Devon. It is series tuned with a 1.8 nF capacitor, and it receives very
> well. The bottom leg is very near the ground, and I am considering lying
it
> on its
> side to get omni-directional reception (= "LOG"?)  ;-)
>
> The ground conductivity is very poor, so it might well work.
>