This past weekend saw my new loop antenna mounted
on a short metal mast firmly cemented into the ground in the middle of my
backyard, on top of this mast is a rotator then the PVC mast that the loop is
mounted to. The loop has remote tuning using a geared motor on old fashioned
dual gang tuning capacitor with a relay for remote switching of the extra
capacitance to enable the loop to cover the lower tropical bands of 90 and 120
metres. It also has a preamp. I have run the 5 cables under ground through 19 mm
plastic tubing. I have yet to finish the control box to be able to do final
testing of the loop in it's new position (it worked most impressively inside my
DX shack running through the 23 metres of cable) and I have to mount plastic
clothes line guy wires just above the rotator just to stabilise it during
periods of high winds.
I will post results and photos into this group once
it is all fully finished.
Best regards!
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Michael Stevenson,
Australia.
