[W2LJ] Loopy!
W2LJ's Blog - QRP - Do More With Less. /////////////////////////////////////////// Loopy! Posted: 09 Jun 2016 06:20 PM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedb...m_medium=email Last week, Dave KD2FSI brought his AlexLoop to the monthly South Plainfield Amateur Radio Club operating night. I was impressed by how easily it went together and how relatively easy it seemed to tune. I would love to have one myself, but the retail price is a bit out of my budget, so I decided to homebrew one, instead. Last night, I ordered 25 feet of LMR400 from DX Engineering - enough to make two loops with left over to spare. Then I went and purchased a 2 - 240 pF air variable capacitor from RF Parts. I already have some PVC for a frame - all I really need is a box for the enclosure for the capacitor. I've read several articles by Steve AA5TB, Julian G4ILO and others. I think I have the construction concept down and if all goes well, in a few weeks, maybe I'll be playing around with a W2LJ Loop. The only thing I'm not sure of, and have to think about, is how I'm going to get this to mount to my Buddistick tripod. I think I may have to bug Dave again and take a look at how his mounts to his tripod. As I build, I'll take plenty of pictures and will post the saga here. 72 de Larry W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least! |
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