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Locked Re: Wellbrook ALA1530
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Paul ----- Original Message ----
From: Paul Birke <nonlinear@...> To: loopantennas@... Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2007 11:18:46 PM Subject: Re: [loopantennas] Wellbrook ALA1530 must have some good vhf jfets in there Paul ----- Original Message ---- From: Jim <dx@earthlights. net> To: loopantennas@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2007 4:02:35 PM Subject: [loopantennas] Wellbrook ALA1530 Fairly recently, I purchased a Wellbrook ALA1530 loop antenna to hopefully enhance my HF listening. Earlier this morning, I decided to do a bit of experimenting and, out of sheer curiosity, hooked my my VHF/UHF scanner to the Wellbrook. To my complete surprise, the aero frequencies I have programmed into the scanner came in with cleaner and in some cases *stronger* signal than the Diamond discone I normally use for scanning! The Wellbrook is 'ground mounted' i.e. approx. 6 feet above ground and approx. 20 feet away from the house. The Diamond discone (specifically designed for VHF/UHF) is mounted on the roof of the house and approx. 20 feet above ground. VHF Coastguard also comes in on the Wellbrook with at least equal strength to the discone... and I'm approx. 15 miles away from the coast. 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