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LF: RE: DLF passive received with earth antenna

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Subject: LF: RE: DLF passive received with earth antenna
From: "James Moritz" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:49:19 +0100
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Dear Stefan, LF Group,

The EMF induced in a small loop is:

V = 2.1e-8 * fNAE

f = frequency
N = no. of turns
A = area
E = Electric field strength V/m (this assumes E/H = 377ohms, i.e. not near field)

This will be the voltage you measure, assuming negligible loading. As Rik says, the ratio of voltages at a given frequency will be equal to the ratio of loop areas - this holds provided the loops are a small fraction of a wavelength in perimeter. With multi-turn loops, there may be errors caused by distributed capacitance, etc., but probably not a significant problem at VLF.

Depending on the ground resistance and so on, this "earth antenna" might also act as an E-field antenna, or combined E-field / H-field antenna, like the K9AY and other "resistively terminated" loops. In this case, one would expect a different signal voltage at each end of the loop.

Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU


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