I've always mounted the tuning cap outside of the coil - immediately outside it at the end of one of the arms. That reduces or eliminates the issue.
Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id <[email protected]> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot --- On Wed, 4/11/12, Mike Westfall, Lost Almost NM <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mike Westfall, Lost Almost NM <[email protected]> > Subject: [NRC-AM] Hand capacitance issues > To: [email protected], "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of > America" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 10:36 PM > Those of you that have built loop > antennas, what have you done to > mitigate hand capacitance effect when turning the varicap? > I just built me a quick 2 foot loop, and I notice that when > I reach in > to tune the loop, it changes the tuned frequency a little. > > -- > Mike Westfall, Los Alamos, NM > http://www.facebook.com/mesamike > My MWDX stuff: http://mesamike.org/radio/mwdx > Online logbooks: http://dxlogbook.gentoo.net > Reception Report & QSL Manager for KRSN > _______________________________________________ > The NRC AM mailing list > Now accepting pre-orders for the 32nd AM Radio Log > Questions? [email protected] > Es Season is coming! FM Atlas 21st Edition Available Now > http://www.nrcdxas.org > _______________________________________________ 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]
