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Richard Fry wrote:
"This R is a little lower than the first number I posted--which I looked up in Kraus, 3rd edition." An excellent source for everything about antennas, I think. I chose Arnold B. Bailey who has a special affinity for loops, I think. In "TV and Other Receiving Antennas" on page 403 Bailey says: "The small loop has a very low resistance (not much over 0.5 ohm for a circumference of 0.25 wavelength) and a very high positive Q indicating inductive reactance. The Q will depend on the thickness of the cross section of the conductor (P factor, as previously used for rod antennas). For 200-Mc balanced circular loops, where L=0.25 wavelength (coil diameter=0.25 wavelength/pi), the following Q`s are representative: 1. For 1-inch diameter rods, QA = 175 2. For 1/4-inch diameter rods, QA = 280 3. For No. 10 wire, QA = 400." Bandwidth is about equal to 2/QA. Q is about X/R, or X is about RQ. The loop radiation resistance of 0.5 ohm is so small that loss resistance likely may affect the actual loop resistance total. I`ll leave the reactance (RQ) for the user to calculate for whatever frequency and Q may interest him. Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI |
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