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Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:44
PM
Subject: Re: LF: Loops on TX
Roger,
I run a TX loop at the 1.2 kW level. The
loop is made up of two turns of coax 24m vertical by 44m horizontal, the turns
are spaced 3m apart and they are in parallel.
I can show you where the loop conductor came into contact with wet
foliage and burned through the insulation of the coax!
There can be considerable potential differences from loop to
ground!
Why would you want to consider dissipating transmitter power by creating
a leakage path to ground?
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73 Warren K2ORS
WD2XGJ
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WE2XEB/2
WE2XGR/1
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Roger Lapthorn
<[email protected]>
wrote:
Good
to see the reflector back again.
For the last week or so I've been
running my vertical "fully in the air" TX loop (1mm diameter wire, 80m sq
area) on both 137 and 500kHz. Now, the bottom of the loop is laying right on
the lawn with no attempt to raise it off the ground. Weather has been mixed
and yesterday it rained all day. Results on 500kHz suggest it is every bit
as good (actually better) than my top loaded Marconi used last winter with
best DX so far with 2mW ERP being LA3EQ last evening (heavy rain all day and
evening). Results on 136kHz with <20uW ERP have been encouraging too with
6 different WSPR reports out to 148km. I clearly know that improving the
wire diameter will improve the ERP simply as a result of reducing resistive
losses. What I'm less clear about is why people say all of the loop should
be raised above the ground.
My questions are these:
- What additional losses, if any, do I suffer having the loop on the
ground (even wet ground)? How do these arise?
- Could I bury the return part of the loop wire in the ground and maybe
gain a few more square metres of area?
- Is there anywhere where I can get a simple explanation of loop losses
due to ground presence and foliage presence?
In the last year a lot
of accepted theory/beliefs, for example on earth electrode antennas, has
proved to be questionable and I am wondering if the "loop must be in the air
and away from foliage" is another accepted "fact" which needs to be
questioned.
73s
Roger G3XBM
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