Dear All,
This morning I did some tests at 20 meters. During strong wind force 8 I noticed that I regularly have to tune the baby loop antenna again. Because of the strong wind it seems that the capacity has changed every time.
I also want to report that that the loop antenna is quiet compared to the End Fed antenna that I also use.
I would like to hear your experiences.
Thanks in advance!
I wish you all a happy new year.
73 Gerard PA7GMU
Antenna: Baby loop
Tuner 2.0 software version 3.20
Transceiver: IC-7410
Hi I have just joined , and have been reading with interest comments regarding connecting the bay loop to Flex radios, I have a version1 controller and will be up grading to version 2 shortly, in a recent storm my yaesu G250 rotator was damaged and needs replacing,g250 rotators are no longer being produced,
a Yaesu G450C seems to be the next choice, how ever it wont fit in the bracket I have,on the side of my pole, and will have to be fitted on the top of my pole which is on the garage roof 2 meters up from the roof floor, will I have to reduce my pole height to have the new loop height at 2 meters to the base of the loop ? comments or advice would be appreciated
73's
Liam EI8HY
Hi Gerard,
I have solved the unstable swr in wind problem. The white plastic guide on the capacitor was not making contact on one side. This allowed the capacitor to vibrate in wind, which of course caused variations in resonate frequency and swr. I simply readjusted the plate with the plastic guide on it so it would lightly