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Locked Re: Wellbrook ALA1530 - corrected
Hello Rob The left hand scale is in dB, and is the correction which would need to be applied to get a unity antenna factor. So the actual performance is the inverse of the scale. One would expect the
By crabtreejr · #3463 ·
Locked Capacitors
I was taking apart some old disk drives and had a thought. Could the old disk platters be used to construct capacitors. They are rigid. I am not sure what they are made of. Dave
By antloopernew <dgmfield@...> · #3464 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
Hi Dave, Just got home. I wasn't planning on shorting the aluminum tube to the center condicutor of the cable. Just to the shell of the BNC connector, which doesn't have any power on it. Thanks for
By Rob Moore <rmoore5@...> · #3460 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
Rob, I just found my 1530 instruction sheet and it reminded me that the coax has DC voltage on it (for the circuitry up at the loop base)so don't short it out. Also, it does say to NOT ground the coax
By n2chi <davidgriffin@...> · #3459 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
Hi Dave, Well the shield is grounded by the time it gets into the house but maybe I'll try it both ways. That may take a little longer. Rob
By Rob Moore <rmoore5@...> · #3458 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
Ref. Is it shoelded or not ? Didn't we read earlier in the groups messages that Patrick had been kind enough to dismantle an ALA1530 ? Surely if Patrick says his dismantled ALA1530 had connections
By Fraser <fraser.castle@...> · #3456 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
Hi Rob, I think I'd try something I'm more sure is grounded. If I remember correctly, the coax shield between the loop and the electronics is NOT grounded. I seem to remember the installation
By n2chi <davidgriffin@...> · #3454 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
where Oh. That's very different. Never mind. Chris ,----------------------. High Performance Mixers and / What's all this &#92; Amplifiers for RF Communications / extinct stuff, anyhow? / &#92;
By Chris Trask - N7ZWY/WDX3HLB · #3453 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
I have one up a tree and can try that tonight. I assume that grounding the aluminum loop to the shell of the BNC connector is what you're referring to? Rob there (aka which
By Rob Moore <rmoore5@...> · #3452 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
Does someone have a Wellbrook loop in a convenient enough location to ground the shield and see what happens? If it's the antenna, then it won't act like one when grounded. If it's not the antenna,
By n2chi <davidgriffin@...> · #3451 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
Nigel is correct. The Wellbrook isn't a shielded loop antenna. There are actually two wires that run into each leg aluminum loop that provides structural support for the antenna and come out the other
By Rob Moore <rmoore5@...> · #3450 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
hi Rob, regarding the ALA1530: there is indeed a wire that from the PCB into the Al tube, but this is connected with the tube by a small screw, about 2cm away from the plastic enclosure. So, in my
By Patrick Reynaert <preynaert@...> · #3448 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
Patrick is absolutely correct in stating that the aluminum shield (aka the outer conductor)is the actual antenna. This is the manner in which shielded loops function at their operating frequency. At
By Chris Trask - N7ZWY/WDX3HLB · #3447 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
Patrick, You are wrong that the Aluminim is the actual antenna. There are wires inside of it and it is only there as a mechanical support. I know this because I've removed the potting material from
By Rob Moore <rmoore5@...> · #3445 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
By gandalfg8@... · #3457 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
By gandalfg8@... · #3455 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
Hi, the wellbrook is not a shielded antenna, the Aluminium tube is the actual antenna. Shielding (with a gap of course) a loop only shields it from electrical noise at very low frequecies, i.e. at
By Patrick Reynaert <preynaert@...> · #3444 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
By gandalfg8@... · #3449 ·
Locked Re: Wellbrook construction
In a message dated 14/05/2007 20:21:50 GMT Daylight Time, rmoore5@... writes: You are wrong that the Aluminim is the actual antenna. There are wires inside of it and it is only there as a
By gandalfg8@... · #3446 ·
Locked Re: RF Systems DX-One Pro MkII - Bi-Loop or not ?
<steveratz@...> wrote: DX-1 Pro, circuit is in the (SNIPPED) Hi Steve, Many thanks for that superb description of the DX-1. You have made my day as I have been scratching my head about this antennas
By Fraser <fraser.castle@...> · #3443 ·