Funny you have just published this as today I've just finished my 6m mag loop too... An offcut of elliptical waveguide rather than plumbing pipes. A coupling loop rather than the ferrite and a small butterfly rather than your co-ax inner. Just over a foot in diameter but just like you I'm very impressed with it's performance. Picking up Slovenia from inside the kitchen here in Scotland. Q is very high (showing good low losses) & certainly need to retune the capacitor depending on where in the band working. Totally agree with you that these little mag loops can be great fun to build & play around with & that they can provide amazing results in restricted circumstances.
Nice work! Sounds like a piece of kit! Looking forward to further experiments with magnetic loops in the future. If have some pictures of your build (either "in progress" of finished product) feel free to share!
I liked how you made the tuning capacitor, inside the loop, and the coated copper pipe made for a very tidy build. Nice job. Thanks for the video.
Thanks :-)
Funny you have just published this as today I've just finished my 6m mag loop too... An offcut of elliptical waveguide rather than plumbing pipes. A coupling loop rather than the ferrite and a small butterfly rather than your co-ax inner. Just over a foot in diameter but just like you I'm very impressed with it's performance. Picking up Slovenia from inside the kitchen here in Scotland.
Q is very high (showing good low losses) & certainly need to retune the capacitor depending on where in the band working.
Totally agree with you that these little mag loops can be great fun to build & play around with & that they can provide amazing results in restricted circumstances.
Nice work! Sounds like a piece of kit! Looking forward to further experiments with magnetic loops in the future. If have some pictures of your build (either "in progress" of finished product) feel free to share!
Looks nice!
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Welcome!
I have to try this.
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Good luck, and let me know how it turns out!
Is it a ham antenna or cb one
6m ham band