Hi Pete, You've received good advice here. Do you have a rotator on your K9AY loop? It has a deep null in one direction, which null should be aimed at your low-angle QRN or QRM source.
Disclaimer: I never used one (since I have 580' Beverages). However, over the years I have read many, many testimonials in favor of it. 73, Mike W0BTU On Mon, Jan 3, 2022, 4:33 PM Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > No significant difference in most cases. > > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network > web server at<http://beta.reversebeacon.net>. > For spots, please use your favorite > "retail" DX cluster. > > On 1/3/2022 10:55 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: > > Which antenna can you more easily copy the station on? I would hope > > the loop. > > > > W0MU > > > > On 1/2/2022 12:24 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > >> On 1/2/2022 7:29 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: > >>> The antenna is directional, as demonstrated by tuning in broadcast > >>> stations at the high end of the AM band and separating stations on > >>> the same frequency so that I can hear one or the other. Atmospheric > >>> noise is 1-2 S units more on my inverted L than on the K9AY antenna, > >>> but signal strengths of stations in the favored direction of the > >>> loop seem about the same or a bit lower than the inverted L. > >> > >> Hi Pete, > >> > >> RX antennas don't make signals louder, but they improve the signal to > >> noise ratio, making them easier to copy -- IF your noise(s) is/are > >> not in the same direction as the signal. > >> > >> 73, Jim K9YC > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector