[time-nuts] LORAN C antenna thoughts from the group

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <AANLkTikgJbL4Yvpifgp8eDFQFiRacaARMxHi5jqSoU=h at mail.gmail.com>, paul
 swed writes:

>OK now that I can actually receive the 90070 chain in the US. What might be
>a better antenna then my whip and preamp?
>A big loop and preamp? A tall vertical over a ground plane. Tried 67 ft that
>yielded little. How might reception be improved in the US?

I built a trivial loop based on a design-idea I found at vlf.it

	http://phk.freebsd.dk/loran-c/Antenna/

It's basically a loop with an AD797 amplifier and some power-filtering,
didn't even write a schematic for it...


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