Hi, Charlie I wasn't aware that no preamp was used with the FO0AAA terminated loop.
I have modeled the FO0AAA loop in EZNEC, and, because it has a bit more area than my smaller, 40' X 10' KAZ terminated delta loop, it has a bit more gain. With mine, I have used one of the old original AMECO tunable vacuum tube preamps ahead of the RX port on the FT1000MP. Worked very well, though, and it was a godsend on my small city lot in Raleigh with all the local noise! It was also a great RX antenna for 80, 40 and 30m! On my smaller lot, Ido have really tall trees, that are tall enough to support an inverted L with 70-80 feet vertical. I just ran two elevated resonant radials down the property lines. Had to bend one of them. I worked a lot of good stuff around the world on 160, especially once I put up the terminated loop so I could hear better. 73, Charlie, K4OTV -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:25 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: 3B9EME On Mon, 9 Sep 2013 22:44:45 -0400 "Charlie Cunningham" <[email protected]> writes: > > Valid points, Keith. > > I think the boys that went to FO0AAA did good to hang up that KAZ > terminated > Loop that John, ON4UN, put together for them! <snip> And FYI....there was no receiving amplifier used with that antenna on Clipperton. 73, Charlie, N0TT 1 of 12 FO0AAA Oprs. _________________ Topband Reflector _________________ Topband Reflector
