Hi Roger A quick bit a fudging suggests about 6 (to 12)sq m. equivalent (not
guaranteed correct :-))  ). How does that align with your figs? It suggests
your aerial (loop) is not in the best
direction for him, or possibly you have a skin of good conductive ground
over the chalk, so you are not penertrating into the ground so much..

What is your distance from Jim??

Alan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Lapthorn" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 9:29 PM
Subject: LF: Earth electrode loop area - I'm struggling


> Please can someone help me with the maths? I've been trying to work out my
> effective loop area and I cannot get sensible answers. These are the
> measured or estimated numbers I have:
>
> Voltage across "loop"  = 24.48V rms  - measured
> Current flowing in "loop" = 0.15A - measured
> ERP (from far field levels) = 50-100uW (may be less) based on -18dB S/N
with
> M0BMU
>
> From these figures I should be able to work out the loop area, but either
my
> calculations are wrong or the figure is correct and the effective loop
area
> is very very small.
>
> Help!
>
> 73s
> Roger G3XBM
>
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