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antenna for Loran-C
Greeting folks.
I am currently attempting to build a Loran-C (centered at 100kHz)
receiver and am having some difficulty with the antenna. Though I
have been frequently informed it is difficult to
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trisodium <trisodium@...>
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Re: 15 Inch BCB Loop Antenna Idea
I have built a couple of loops on styrofoam - they work great.
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Bruce Carter
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Re: 15 Inch BCB Loop Antenna Idea
My second post. I took a look at your construction schematic. U are using 4 pegs sand
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Re: 15 Inch BCB Loop Antenna Idea
I have a BCB loop constructed on a plywood rectangle 10 1/2" x 14". I placed a 2" peg
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15 Inch BCB Loop Antenna Idea
Hi,
I got given some poly square plastic stuff and thought hmm I could use this
in a loop somehow and this popped into my mind I am thinking 15 inches on
the outside with wood and the lengths on the
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Scott Savage KC7WDG <kc7wdg@...>
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Re: New Guy to the list..
Hi Steve:
I am new to this list as well. From the date of your post I am a
little bit late before you try your first experiment. I attened a
local 'QRP' group in my home town (Thunder Bay, Ontario)
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norlink88 <jimdunstan@...>
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Re: AM Antenna- I am a totally clueless non radio granny --HELP?
i think your problum is fixable,I have an overload problum even without an antenna attached.
Usually Clueless <usuallyclueless@...> wrote:First let me apologize for wasting everyone's time here
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Apologies to Bruce Re: AM Antenna-
Probably Category 5 networking cable. The copper wires in it will
work fine.
take
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Take off the outside covering, and only remove insulation where you
need to twist wires together to make a
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Bruce Carter
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Apologies to Bruce Re: AM Antenna-
When I looked at the end of that cable I only saw 6 wires. Upon
taking the white covering back I see 4 twisted pairs. White and 4
colors. No shielding. All insulated. Telephone? I am sorry and
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Usually Clueless
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Re: AM Antenna- I am a totally clueless non radio granny --HELP?
Wood is ideal. I mentioned the others because they are very easy to
find and work with. But if you have woodworking skills - so much
the better. I have several construction articles about making
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Bruce Carter
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Re: AM Antenna- I am a totally clueless non radio granny --HELP?
Thank you so much guys, Bruce and John. I sort of get a little of
this inductor/capacitor thing now. I am interested in one of the
commercial FM antennas mentioned as the reception on the TV next
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Usually Clueless
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Re: AM Antenna- I am a totally clueless non radio granny --HELP?
Greetings Clueless!
It depends on what you mean by super expensive. CCrane offers a very nice AM antenna that would serve you well in your outlying area. They go for a hundred bucks though, (unless
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Stumm, John C <jcstumm@...>
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Re: AM Antenna- I am a totally clueless non radio granny --HELP?
Welcome to the group! We are all still clueless on this topic to
one degree or another. And the only stupid questions are the ones
that do not get asked.
I am the author of one of the loop
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Bruce Carter
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AM Antenna- I am a totally clueless non radio granny --HELP?
First let me apologize for wasting everyone's time here but I am so
lost. And thanks for being brave enough to read this. I don't know
what any of these technical terms everyone writes of mean.
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Usually Clueless
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Re: Revised the front page to my loop antenna site -
Bruce,
I like the new front page. The graphs showing the difference between
single and multi-turn loops were especially welcome. I'm surprised
that there wasn't a greater difference but that may
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qrpbear
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Revised the front page to my loop antenna site -
http://www.mindspring.com/~loop_antenna/
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Bruce Carter
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Re: New Guy to the list..
Good morning,
Thanks to everyone who responded to my new guy question. I appreciate it
and hope to give input to the list as time goes on. Have a great weekend.
73
Steve N4TKP
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Re: Begginner here, looking for a basic design to use with...
Chris,
Ummm... stronger stations with the plates disengaged? Well that would
work to attenuate their signals. For the weaker stations you should
find a very pronounced peak in strength as you tune
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Re: Begginner here, looking for a basic design to use with...
well, its done, and it works quite nicely. Thank you for the responce. The
cap I used has two seperate setts of plates, so I hooked up a small toggle
switch, so i can run both sets or just one. I
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Re: Begginner here, looking for a basic design to use with...
That is a very nice looking loop.
--- lockmanslammin@... wrote:
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