You hope that the loop can null the noise on 80m. Loops have a very sharp null and will null the noise if it is coming from one direction. I am not sure that the shielded loop is much better than unshielded. Also the signal level on 80m will probably be pretty good without an amp.
I suggest that you built an unshielded loop with a piece of wire and a tuning capacitor. Say a diameter of 5 ft. Then, you rotate the antenna by hand and see whether the noise is nulled and whether the signal strength is sufficient. My shielded loop on 160m was a disappointement as it did not pick DX well. Ignacy, NO9E -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/OT-Possibly-Small-Loop-Antennas-For-Receive-tp7608511p7608542.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
