You are about 1/4 the distance away. Inverse square law. -John
=============== > > > On 2/21/14, 2:21 PM, Robert Roehrig wrote: >> John Forster said: >> >> "WWVB is hard to detect w/ a 3-foot diameter HP shielded loop w/ >> integral >> preamp & 2 stages of mechanical filters. (HP 117A). The other half of >> the >> time it was undetectable. Paul S uses a loop that is much larger." >> >> I am near Chicago and I have 2 60 kHz antennas. One is a ferrite >> rod type and the other a 5 foot diameter loop. Both are tuned >> and feed identical 2 transistor preamp. The loop does work better. > > I am in San Antonio, TX, and I use a Pixelsat untuned loop. It receives > WWVB just fine. It also receives pretty much everything from DC-20MHz > just fine. > > -- > Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL > 706 Flightline Drive > Spring Branch, TX 78070 > [email protected] > +1.916.877.5067 > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
