John, I've found that my Conti loops are very quiet compared to all the other antennae I have at my disposal including the ALA 100, K9AY, T2FD, etc.....the noise floor is way quieter than the rest. Also with the verticals of my favourite NW Conti loop being about 45', I haven't noticed much reduction in signal strength either compared to the others. It's a much quieter antenna overall (better S/N) which more than makes up for more signal! ......Walt.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John H. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:26 am Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP's for 7-19-08 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]> > Bill, > > Congratulations on such a great morning!!! > > By the way, do I remember that you have one or more EWEs??? Oh, > I see > from your signature that my memory is not yet totally shot. How > confident are you of the grounds? I can't really imagine > an > excellent ground in the entire state of Arizona (I used to live > in > Phoenix:>) You might try an experiment by shifting the EWE to > the > Conti Super Loop configuration. It is a very easy and > cheap 15 > minutes of effort. The shift to Conti configuration will cost > you > some gain (cutting it about 40%) but the improvement in > Signal/Noise > ratio and back-side nulling may more than make up for it. That > was > certainly the case out here on this rocky island. > > > John B. > Orcas Island, WA, USA > Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, Ultralights > Antennas: Two 70' x 100' Conti Super Loops, West and Northwest > > > > > > > At 07:35 AM 7/19/2008 -0700, you wrote: > > >Listened from 1205-1240 ut and it was all DU here in > Arizona. It > >was the best morning for DU's since I moved to Arizona 4 years > >ago. I got carriers on 558, 567, 576, 585, 594, 648, 657, > 693, 738 > >and 756 some of the carriers were very close to audio. > When I got > >to 774 I had audio from 3LO and at times it was S-6! At > the time > >they were doing sports talk and at 1230 I heard a nice ABC > News. I > >did not tune above 774 so I don't know how many more audio or > >carriers I could have heard. It sure was fun to hear 3LO! > > > >Bill Block > >Prescott Valley, AZ > >Drake R8 > >EWE 20x50x20 > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. > >http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger2_072008 > >_______________________________________________ > >IRCA mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those > of the > >original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the > opinion of > >the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > >To Post a message: [email protected] > > John B. > Orcas Island, WA, USA > Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, Ultralights > Antennas: Two 70' x 100' Conti Super Loops, West and Northwest > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of > the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the > opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
