Don Pushes Portable Antennas Further: Loop Size, Performance, and Real-World Limits (Part 2)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Don Moore–noted author, traveler, and DXer–who shares the following post: Two Portable Antennas for Remote DXing (Part Two) By Don Moore Don’s traveling DX st…
Portable Antennas for Serious DXing: Don’s Field Tests from Parks to the Open Road (Part 1)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Don Moore–noted author, traveler, and DXer–who shares the following post: Two Portable Antennas for Remote DXing (Part One) By Don Moore Don’s traveling DX st…
A HUGE difference . . .
By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM It was a remark from Sebastian Schlüter in response to this post – — that sparked today’s post. He said: If your RFI is really high, your best weapon is a magnetic loo…
Giuseppe’s Multi-Band Milk Crate Loop Antenna
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Giuseppe Morlè, who shares the following guest post: Dear Thomas and Friends of SWLing Post, I am Giuseppe Morlè from Formia, a town in central Italy on the T…
A File Worth Having: Bob’s guide to building an Electrically Small Resonant Loop Antenna for Mediumwave Reception
This post is short and sweet. If you click here–Electrically Small Resonant Loop Antenna for Mediumwave Reception (PDF)–you can download a copy of Bob Colegrove’s excellent paper …
The Great Gonzo Radio Experiment
By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM It’s funny how you can start out thinking about how to solve a problem, the whole process takes a turn, and you wind up with an unexpected but pleasing result. It all starte…
Here we go loop de loop . . . in which your humble correspondent tests a hypothesis
By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM It was this post by Alan — — that set me off. After downloading the BBC report on how to test a loop antenna, I noticed the following in it: “Polarisation Illust…
Giuseppe’s “Delicate” Loop Antenna
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morlè (IZ0GZW), who writes: Dear Thomas, I am Giuseppe Morlè, IZ0GZW, from Formia, located in central Italy along the Tyrrhenian Sea. I hope everyth…
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