As most of the replies mentioned, phasing the loops will be the main issue.? I have tried to address this by stacking the loops vertically such that the windings of the two loops lie in the same plane. ?Rotating the plane of the stacked
windings in azimuth until the plane containing the windings is orthogonal to the plane of the incident radio wavefront will maximize the voltage appearing across each of the coupling loops, but will not ensure that the two coupling loop voltages are in phase.?
Tilting the loop array in elevation until the axis between the two loop centers is parallel to the plane of the incident radio wavefront will (should??) ensure that the two coupling loop voltages are in phase. ?Since the intended use for the loop “array” is
only MW and the two loops are separated by less than 1 meter, a direct series connection between the two coupling loops should not introduce any significant phase.
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At first look, I would expect the Azimuth and elevation adjustments to be non-interacting.
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I’ll do some more searching of the literature and also wait to see what additional comments come back.? If no “fatal” flaws are cited, I’ll start cutting wood and winding coils!
