RadioBanter - View Single Post - improve S/N for AM car radio by a factor of 2...5...10?

Richard Clark · January 23rd 09, 05:04 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:05:03 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 21, 8:59*pm, Richard Clark wrote:

Hi Mark,

That would seem to indicate you seriously unbalanced the antenna by
the side feed which is geometrically unbalanced. *For instance, the
line doesn't lead off horizontally for any great distance, does it?

Of course, this all hinges on what you mean by not "near as well."

Not sure.. I don't the the position of the feed line should
have been a problem, but it's been so long since I tried it,
I forgot what happened. I just seem to remember trying it
one time, and stuck with the bottom feed.
I'll have to try it again later. I could use my circular 16 inch
dia loop. It's small enough I can easily hold it and shift the
polarization just by rotating it.

Hi Mark,

When you say rotating, do you mean about its axis along the chord of
its diameter, or rotate as in roll about its circumference?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC