I was testing overnight on 137 using VE7BDQ's Op8 signal as a reference  over a 1300 mile path (thanks John).

 The goal to was confirm my clone of the 10ft diameter VE7SL Octoloop was working ok (thanks Steve).

I was way off main bearing towards John but interesting results between  my main (and previously best here) rx antennae for 137 the L400B probe up a selected Birch tree by the lake, and this new "inter-looper".

Overall the loop provided an averaged out better signal/noise with last nights propagation, but as can be seen from below it wasnt always the case for every tx period - and thats not selecting the bearing with max signal from John or nulling out the do-doo from the local QRM makers. It was up to 3 or 4dB either way...

It was overall a close run thing but there were however more positive decodes on the loop than the probe which is good for me here, especially as I hadnt tweaked the bearings.  Im going to do the same for the loop on MF tonight if it stops raining...

UTC  Band  Call     Mode  S/N ref  S/N diff over probe (see bottom)

13:44    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -33 dB     0
13:35    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB    -1
13:26    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -23 dB     -1
13:18    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -23 dB    +1
13:09    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB    +1
13:01    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB     0
12:52    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB     +2
12:35    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB     -1
12:18    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -31 dB     0
12:10    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -24 dB     +1
12:01    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB     +1
11:52    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -24 dB     +1
11:44    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB     -1
11:27    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -31 dB     +2
11:10    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -24 dB     +1
11:01    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB     +1
10:53    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -30 dB     -3
10:44    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -28 dB     +2
10:36    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB     +3
10:27    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB     +1
10:18    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB     -1
10:10    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -30 dB     -3
10:01    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -31 dB     -3
09:53    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB    -3
09:44    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -30 dB    -2
09:27    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -28 dB     +1
09:19    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -28 dB     -1
09:01    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -33 dB     >
08:53    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -27 dB     0
08:44    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB     0
08:36    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -23 dB     -1
08:27    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB    0
08:19    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -30 dB     0
08:10    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -28 dB     -2
08:02    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -23 dB     0
07:53    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -23 dB     0
07:45    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB     -1
07:36    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -24 dB     +1
07:27    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB     +1
07:19    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB     0
07:10    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -30 dB     +4
07:02    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB     +2
06:53    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -34 dB     >
06:45    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -27 dB     0
06:36    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB     +1
06:19    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -31 dB     +3
06:11    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -31 dB     >
06:02    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB     +2
05:53    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB     +2
05:19    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -33 dB     -1
05:11    136 VE7BDQ Op8 -32 dB     >
    ***********  18/09/2013  *********** 

 (Positive integer means better s/n on loop in dB; ">" indicates received on loop not L400B)

Laurence KL7L