"Ian Smith" wrote in message ...
"Mike Terry" wrote in message
...
Mon, Nov. 22, 2004

By Nikki Waller

Knight Ridder Newspapers


Miami - (KRT) - With pursed lips and a steady hand, WA4YDK spins the
dial,

much good stuff snipped

I wonder how good magnetic loops are in the context of 2-way HF.
They're certainly one answer for SWL's when space and noise and/or
external antennae are a problem.

I think ingenuity will win in the end.

By the way, Mike; thanks for this article. You may/may not have me
"killfiled" for off-topic posts, but I appreciate a lot of the
information you bring here to RRS.

That goes for many other regulars too. :-)



About 30 years ago, "73", a ham radio magazine, ran sevveral articles
on
a DDRD or DRRD, or something very similar antenna. The antenna was
amde from 1.5" muffler pipe formed into a circle with a piece notched
out. The antenna
had a farily narrow BW, so a different on was required for each ham
band.
They could be nested one loop inside the other. The follwup letters
rated
the antenna from very good to bad. I suspect I have the name wrong
because
a Google came up with nothing.
Anyone remember the real name of this antenna?
Terry