Hi Alan, 72% sounds a bit high. Is this number based on loop size alone ("in theory")? Or are they taking conductor geometry and other losses into account?
Wayne N6KR > On Jan 18, 2021, at 2:05 PM, Alan Bloom <n...@sonic.net> wrote: > > MFJ makes a pair of small, remotely-tuned loop antennas, the MFJ-1786 that > covers 10-30 MHz and the MFJ-1788 that covers 7 to 21+ MHz. As far as I can > tell, the two antennas are identical except for the size of the tuning > capacitor. Each consists of a 3 foot (91 cm) diameter loop made of aluminum > tubing and a plastic housing that contains the tuning capacitor, motor, and > coupling loop. No control cable is required since the control voltage is > sent from the control box in the shack to the motor in the antenna via the > coaxial cable. > > Before I purchase one of these I wanted to get an idea of the efficiency of > such a small loop. MFJ is silent on the subject so I did my own > calculations. The calculations and results are on a 1-page document that I > uploaded to Dropbox and can be downloaded here: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/l8mv67cjrck2ssn/MFJ-1786-1788.pdf?dl=0 > > My calculations are based on the assumption that the efficiency of the MFJ > antennas is similar to the (no longer manufactured) AEA Isoloop (my reasoning > for that is in the document) and that AEA's specification of 72% efficiency > at 14 MHz is correct. From that number I can calculate the efficiency and > gain on all the other bands. > > If you don't want to download the document, here is a summary of the results: > > Freq Eff Gain with respect to a half-wave dipole > MHz dB dBd > 7.0 -7.3 -7.7 > 10.1 -3.5 -3.9 > 14.0 -1.4 -1.8 > 18.068 -0.6 -1.0 > 21.0 -0.4 -0.8 > 24.89 -0.2 -0.6 > 28.0 -0.15 -0.5 > > I'd be interested in any comments people may have on the accuracy of > my assumptions and calculations in the document. > > Alan N1AL > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com