Hi Chris - I had asked about "direct coupling" of the Crate Loop to a receiver's antenna terminals and Kevin graciously replied and mentioned it needing a "sense coil" (as you also noted). He stated that he may have to try that in the future. This seems to be one of the easiest loop plans that I have seen and maybe there is hope for me - a "tech dummy."
73, Dave in Indy ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 13:34:28 -0700 From: "Chris Knight" <[email protected]> Subject: [IRCA] Antenna Projects To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The Crate Loop looks like a great project and I'm going to start building one this weekend to use with a Sony ICF-SW7600GR (light, but not ultra-light) and perhaps with the Drake R8 (using a pick-up turn of wire). The only problem here is the computer hash (5 computers at this QTH). The helically-wound vertical posted by Craig Healy may be the answer to the computer noise. The plan is to build a scaled-down version to go next to the computer in the shack as a noise sense antenna and attempt to phase out some of the hash. Thanks guys for the great ideas/designs and for posting them! 73. Chris Knight Fort Lupton, CO _______________________________________________ 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]
