Hi John and all
Have been playing with my directional lz1aq array.
First discovered one of loops was in operational.. that didnt help! Sorted now. Also played with delay line settings.
Getting circa 12-18db b/f ratio. ( with tx antennas detuned.) Sensitive enough to copy many Spanish and Portugal mw stations during daylight. ( from Devon.) tx antennas no copy/ very poor copy.
Issue is now noise in n/e direction.
This i suspect is due to top loop placed at top of garden, very close to neighbours house.
So as promising results am going to move loops down garden, thus moving away from noise source ( which by the way the tx antenna ( marconi t) does not hear.)
Also this will allow all loops to be at same height above gnd, at the moment one pair have circa 4m height difference, which also is not helping i suspect.
So now to acquire a scaf pole and 2 bags of postcrete.
Also if does work well to remake the delay line control box/ more loops to add 4 more directions, this is because the beam pattern is tighter than imagined. However this does depend upon my Wife allowing more antennas in garden/ antenna farm.
First to move loops and reevaluate.
Simon g0zen
