8 Sept 2018

E-field probe RX antenna

Years ago, I would have built my own, but these days my fine motor skills are not as good as they once were. So I have bought a PA0RDT miniwhip RX antenna. It should arrive next week.

Suitably mounted in the garden, if should be quite an effective LF and MF RX antenna. This "season" I want to concentrate on 137 and 472kHz RX. I might also try top-band.

See https://sites.google.com/site/g3xbmqrp3/antennas/efp
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousSat Sept 08, 09:01:00 pm GMT+1

    Roger,

    You may need to do a bit of work to get the best results and minimum noise.

    http://www.pa3fwm.nl/technotes/tn07.html

    http://www.pa3fwm.nl/technotes/tn09d.html





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  2. Roger G3XBMSun Sept 09, 11:14:00 am GMT+1

    Yes, I am aware, but thank you anyway.

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  3. Jan, OZ9QVMon Sept 10, 10:18:00 pm GMT+1

    I like the small active antennas, very useful for propagation monitoring over a wide frequency range.
    I used an old German 1m while for a while, till I blew it up, probably by TXing too much power near it.
    It needs to be relatively clear of nearby metal structures, and the house, but I heard a lot on mine in the time it worked.

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