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Locked Re: FW: AirSpy YouLoop-2t with Nooelec Lana HF


 

I'm not a particular fan of anything that Noo Electric makes for a simple reason is that they have a two year warranty for their Ham It Up and NESDR Smart device which they seem to have problems with terrible customer service and support. I've been trying to show them for a week and a half that there is a problem with a defective NESDR Smart stick where it gets very warm to hot yet will not be recognized by any of the software that I am currently using on the desktop including HDSDR, SDR?++, SDR Console v3 and SDR Sharp aka Airspy. After showing their technician/troubleshooter the same thing for multiple times including videos of the device not wanting to connect to any software over multiple devices including a tablet and a desktop along with a laptop I can't recommend them. Two year warranty......haha. They also make the Lana HF Amplifier that you're talking about and while I don't have one of those I wouldn't recommend them as a company. I've read too many other issues have came up with their products. I've been using a MLA30+ for an antenna on one of my devices as well as my SDR Play RSP1A yet I have also been using a homebrew aluminum magnetic loop out of 5/8 Aluminum Fuel Line about 4 foot across and 12.5 feet circumference. It works quite well and even better with a preamp of which I am building several boxes to work with.?

As far as the YouLoop goes try something new and with a different balun and see what kind of results you get by trial and error because you would be surprised the different things that work well. I am next wanting to try the LZ1AQ design pretty soon along with one of the Mini Whip antennas from PA0RDT. Good luck.

On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 6:03 AM Martin via <martin_ehrenfried=[email protected]> wrote:
On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 09:45 AM, Dirk wrote:
Based on my experience using the original AirSpy Youloop with 1:1 balun and Nooelec Lana HF with SDRRSP1A or without LNA the antenna works well in MW only.
With Youloop, without any LNA and with Airspy HF+ Discovery the reception is very good from VLF up to the lower VHF range. But I never tried a 4:1 or 8:1 balun instead of the Youloop's built in balun.
As you are probably aware, I'm not a great fan of the Youloop, but as an experiment you could try a single unscreened loop of wire, with the same circumference as the Youloop, but connected between the inner pins of the balun / loop connectors on the 1:1 balun. You could also try a coaxial loop connected to the 1:1 balun, but ensure you split the outer screen connection at the loop midpoint.

See what differences you observe between the various configurations, and make up your own mind about which works the best for you and the range of frequencies you are interested in.

Regards,

Martin

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