Make a cage using non-conducting mesh and pvc pipe to put over the antenna.
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 09:16 Andy Durbin <[email protected]> wrote: > I use a home brew mag loop on 30 m band and work into Asia most mornings > with it. The loop tunes to a near perfect match (1.00:1 SWR) but becomes > instantly detuned when a dove perches on top of it. SWR jumps instantly to > > 3.0:1 and trips my High SWR monitor. The birds look stupid but they > are smart enough not to straddle the loop opening. I imagine full loop > voltage between their legs would de-tune them a bit but they just perch one > side or the other. > > Damn dove nearly cost me a QSO with JD1 this morning and that was new DX > for 30 m. I tail ended with FT8, he came back, I started to send my > report, High SWR trip, run to back door to chase the dove away, and got > back before JD1 had given up on me. > > So how to keep birds of a mag loop without lowing the Q? > > 73, > Andy k3wyc > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
