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Here's an interesting loop antenna on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051 Looks like this guy (W1VLF) is in business making them. Anyone have one already, or know anything about him? Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B |
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You find two of the little tuners and I'll build the antennas.
Cuss N8KDV wrote: Here's an interesting loop antenna on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051 Looks like this guy (W1VLF) is in business making them. Anyone have one already, or know anything about him? Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B |
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![]() Burr wrote: You find two of the little tuners and I'll build the antennas. What are the standard tuning capacitors for a MW loop? About 365 pf? Cuss N8KDV wrote: Here's an interesting loop antenna on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051 Looks like this guy (W1VLF) is in business making them. Anyone have one already, or know anything about him? Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B |
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![]() - Look here for parts... ! http://www.oselectronics.com/ose_p96.htm In article .net, Burr writes: You find two of the little tuners and I'll build the antennas. Cuss N8KDV wrote: Here's an interesting loop antenna on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051 Looks like this guy (W1VLF) is in business making them. Anyone have one already, or know anything about him? Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B |
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N8KDV wrote in
: Here's an interesting loop antenna on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...9861&category= 15051 Looks like this guy (W1VLF) is in business making them. It doesn't look like anything I would want to buy, unless I wanted something to match an antique radio, and even then, I can make a better looking one. Note the chipping at the top and the amateurish way the tuning cap is mounted. |
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N8KDV,
W1VLF has sold a few before on eBay and appears to be a real wood and wire American Craftsman and his Loop Antennas are an Art Form. One thing to Note is that W1VLF seems to have a supply of old time "Gear Driven" Variable Air Tuning Capacitors. These can really aid Tuning and Peaking a Loop Antenna. Usually these are 3:1 or 4:1 Gear Reductions; so instead of a Half-Turn "Stop-to-Stop" [End-to-End]; the Tuning is One and a Half Turns or Two Turns. These "Gear Driven" Variable Air Tuning Capacitors are Great "IF" you can find them. iane ~ RHF .. .. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FO&A, Loop Antennas as an Art Form and American Craftsmanship - Two Examples of Loop Antennas Designs by W1VLF * Shortwave Loop Antenna Coverage from 3.5 MHz to 26 MHz This Loop Antenna 'mimics' the Styling of the early AM and Shortwave Radios from 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. * AM Radio In-Door Loop DX Antenna Coverage from 540 kHz to 1610 kHz This is an Interesting Design and Artistic Creation in a [Hidden] Loop Antenna. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/loopantennas/message/1173 - - - o r - - - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/648 iane ~ RHF .. .. = = = N8KDV = = = wrote in message ... Here's an interesting loop antenna on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3077109861 Looks like this guy (W1VLF) is in business making them. Anyone have one already, or know anything about him ? Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B .. |
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Adjustable caps? They're everywhere.
"Burr" wrote in message link.net... You find two of the little tuners and I'll build the antennas. |
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"Tom Sevart" wrote in news:c09us1$14cdhd$1@ID-
52518.news.uni-berlin.de: Adjustable caps? They're everywhere. You can get them out of old transistor radios. Yeah, little cruddy ones. Big news - the metal frame variables are easily had and for cheap. Any reports of their demise is highly exagerrated. Try Antique Electronic Supply or Fair Radio, for starters. |
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![]() "CW" wrote in message ... Adjustable caps? They're everywhere. You can get them out of old transistor radios. Tom |
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18 to 400pF is a good value to shoot for, with a 240uH loop.
Pete "Tom Sevart" wrote in message ... "CW" wrote in message ... Adjustable caps? They're everywhere. You can get them out of old transistor radios. Tom |
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