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Degen DE31 'portable' Shortwave "Active" Loop Antenna
What a piece of CRAP this antenna turned out to be.......almost the
price of the radio itself !!! This is why it's crap: 1) the reception is WORSE with the antenna, than using the whip antenna on my degen radio, model DE1102 !!! I actually get the signal properly, and can listen to the program with the radio, but then the show disappears completely if Iuse the external DE31 antenna! 2) the batteries AAA inside the antenna, to power it, run down pretty fast. I recharged a pair just before, and they were run down 2 or 3 hours later, when I gave up. 3) it's not clear how the de31 can give a better signal, unless you're in a manhole, in a military bunker, underground and you need to have a connection to the surface 5 m away. This would be the only conceivable use for this antenna. What a huge waste of money, this de31 !!! |
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Degen DE31 'portable' Shortwave "Active" Loop Antenna
Just goes to show how the quality of the Chinese stuff varies from unit to
unit. I have 2 DE-31's. They are great and I think for the difference in price between them and the AN-LP1 (which I also have 2 of) they are by far, the better deal! "pure" wrote in message ... What a piece of CRAP this antenna turned out to be.......almost the price of the radio itself !!! This is why it's crap: 1) the reception is WORSE with the antenna, than using the whip antenna on my degen radio, model DE1102 !!! I actually get the signal properly, and can listen to the program with the radio, but then the show disappears completely if Iuse the external DE31 antenna! 2) the batteries AAA inside the antenna, to power it, run down pretty fast. I recharged a pair just before, and they were run down 2 or 3 hours later, when I gave up. 3) it's not clear how the de31 can give a better signal, unless you're in a manhole, in a military bunker, underground and you need to have a connection to the surface 5 m away. This would be the only conceivable use for this antenna. What a huge waste of money, this de31 !!! |
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I use duracell alkaline AAA batteries in my DE31 and they have been there since last winter. They're still working. Rotate the antenna so that the hole faces the direction of the transmitter. If plugging the antenna in seems to provide poor reception, try clipping it to the whip with the white clip, and clip the black clip to a ground wire.
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Degen DE31 'portable' Shortwave "Active" Loop Antenna
weatherall wrote: pure Wrote: What a piece of CRAP this antenna turned out to be.......almost the price of the radio itself !!! This is why it's crap: 1) the reception is WORSE with the antenna, than using the whip antenna on my degen radio, model DE1102 !!! I actually get the signal properly, and can listen to the program with the radio, but then the show disappears completely if Iuse the external DE31 antenna! 2) the batteries AAA inside the antenna, to power it, run down pretty fast. I recharged a pair just before, and they were run down 2 or 3 hours later, when I gave up. 3) it's not clear how the de31 can give a better signal, unless you're in a manhole, in a military bunker, underground and you need to have a connection to the surface 5 m away. This would be the only conceivable use for this antenna. What a huge waste of money, this de31 !!! I had problems with my DE31 until I figured out that the wire between the antenna and the radio was backwards. I had the tuner close to the loop at first, and it basically eliminated the signal. Maybe most people don't make this mistake though. I use duracell alkaline AAA batteries in my DE31 and they have been there since last winter. They're still working. Rotate the antenna so that the hole faces the direction of the transmitter. If plugging the antenna in seems to provide poor reception, try clipping it to the whip with the white clip, and clip the black clip to a ground wire. -- weatherall WA - Good Degen DE31 Shortwave Loop Antenna use Tips ~ RHF |
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Degen DE31 'portable' Shortwave "Active" Loop Antenna
I have tried them on MANY portables (too many to list) But find it is a
PERFECT match for my 1103! "weatherall" wrote in message ... Jim Hackett Wrote: Just goes to show how the quality of the Chinese stuff varies from unit to unit. I have 2 DE-31's. They are great and I think for the difference in price between them and the AN-LP1 (which I also have 2 of) they are by far, the better deal! Jim, what radios do you use with the DE31 antennas? -- weatherall |
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Degen DE31 'portable' Shortwave "Active" Loop Antenna
YMMF??
I have KA-31 into my Kaito and it seem to work ok hanging by my bedroom window. It's about as good as the whip, but easier to manage when I'm laying in bed. I use it to keep occupied when insomnia strikes. I intend to take my KA1103 and the loop on the road at the end of the month. I'll hang the loop up from a tall tree limb at my camp sites. I often wonder what is inside the loop antenna. Maybe just one loop of wire with the tuning mechanism in the part that plugs into the radio along with a mosfet preamp. I can't imagine they are using varactor diodes to tune such a large frequency range. Hey pure, Why dontcha just take the thing apart and do some reverse engineering and let us know what's inside for parts and how they're wired. 73 NEO RHF wrote: weatherall wrote: pure Wrote: What a piece of CRAP this antenna turned out to be.......almost the price of the radio itself !!! This is why it's crap: 1) the reception is WORSE with the antenna, than using the whip antenna on my degen radio, model DE1102 !!! I actually get the signal properly, and can listen to the program with the radio, but then the show disappears completely if Iuse the external DE31 antenna! 2) the batteries AAA inside the antenna, to power it, run down pretty fast. I recharged a pair just before, and they were run down 2 or 3 hours later, when I gave up. 3) it's not clear how the de31 can give a better signal, unless you're in a manhole, in a military bunker, underground and you need to have a connection to the surface 5 m away. This would be the only conceivable use for this antenna. What a huge waste of money, this de31 !!! I had problems with my DE31 until I figured out that the wire between the antenna and the radio was backwards. I had the tuner close to the loop at first, and it basically eliminated the signal. Maybe most people don't make this mistake though. I use duracell alkaline AAA batteries in my DE31 and they have been there since last winter. They're still working. Rotate the antenna so that the hole faces the direction of the transmitter. If plugging the antenna in seems to provide poor reception, try clipping it to the whip with the white clip, and clip the black clip to a ground wire. -- weatherall WA - Good Degen DE31 Shortwave Loop Antenna use Tips ~ RHF . . . . |
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Degen DE31 'portable' Shortwave "Active" Loop Antenna
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weatherall wrote: pure Wrote: What a piece of CRAP this antenna turned out to be.......almost the price of the radio itself !!! This is why it's crap: 1) the reception is WORSE with the antenna, than using the whip antenna on my degen radio, model DE1102 !!! I actually get the signal properly, and can listen to the program with the radio, but then the show disappears completely if Iuse the external DE31 antenna! 2) the batteries AAA inside the antenna, to power it, run down pretty fast. I recharged a pair just before, and they were run down 2 or 3 hours later, when I gave up. 3) it's not clear how the de31 can give a better signal, unless you're in a manhole, in a military bunker, underground and you need to have a connection to the surface 5 m away. This would be the only conceivable use for this antenna. What a huge waste of money, this de31 !!! I had problems with my DE31 until I figured out that the wire between the antenna and the radio was backwards. I had the tuner close to the loop at first, and it basically eliminated the signal. Maybe most people don't make this mistake though. I'm not familiar with this particular model but I would think that you would want the tuner near the antenna. I use duracell alkaline AAA batteries in my DE31 and they have been there since last winter. They're still working. Rotate the antenna so that the hole faces the direction of the transmitter. If plugging the antenna in seems to provide poor reception, try clipping it to the whip with the white clip, and clip the black clip to a ground wire. The "hole" in the antenna is the null or that which will provide the weakest reception of a station. You want the edge of the electrically small loop pointed at the station you want to receive. You point the "hole" or null at a station or noise source you do not want to hear. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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Degen DE31 'portable' Shortwave "Active" Loop Antenna
Telamon wrote: In article , weatherall wrote: pure Wrote: What a piece of CRAP this antenna turned out to be.......almost the price of the radio itself !!! This is why it's crap: 1) the reception is WORSE with the antenna, than using the whip antenna on my degen radio, model DE1102 !!! I actually get the signal properly, and can listen to the program with the radio, but then the show disappears completely if Iuse the external DE31 antenna! 2) the batteries AAA inside the antenna, to power it, run down pretty fast. I recharged a pair just before, and they were run down 2 or 3 hours later, when I gave up. 3) it's not clear how the de31 can give a better signal, unless you're in a manhole, in a military bunker, underground and you need to have a connection to the surface 5 m away. This would be the only conceivable use for this antenna. What a huge waste of money, this de31 !!! I had problems with my DE31 until I figured out that the wire between the antenna and the radio was backwards. I had the tuner close to the loop at first, and it basically eliminated the signal. Maybe most people don't make this mistake though. I'm not familiar with this particular model but I would think that you would want the tuner near the antenna. I use duracell alkaline AAA batteries in my DE31 and they have been there since last winter. They're still working. Rotate the antenna so that the hole faces the direction of the transmitter. If plugging the antenna in seems to provide poor reception, try clipping it to the whip with the white clip, and clip the black clip to a ground wire. The "hole" in the antenna is the null or that which will provide the weakest reception of a station. You want the edge of the electrically small loop pointed at the station you want to receive. You point the "hole" or null at a station or noise source you do not want to hear. -- Telamon Ventura, California Yes, I would think that you would want the variable capacitor close to the loop too. I think what we have here with the loop is just an inductor. So in total we have a parallel resonant circuit. The KA-31 uses a very thin coaxial cable (near 10' long) from the loop to the unit which resides nearer the radio and which contains the adjustment to peak the frequency. I would say the inductance introduced by the coaxial cable is low because of the geometry of the cable so that it is probably insignificant when compared to the inductance of the actual loop. Anyway, the KA-31& DE-31 antennas as I recall don't go down to the 75m or 160m bands. I wonder if the antenna connected to a loop with more turns or a larger loop might in fact go down to those bands. Damned if I know what is in the unit by the radio. I suspect a variable capacitor and a jfet like a mpf-102. I don't think a varactor diode kind of setuup will tune such a broad range. I will take my unit apart one day soon and report back to group if anyone interested. regards, NEO |
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Degen DE31 'portable' Shortwave "Active" Loop Antenna
The internals of the DE31 antenna are discussed (and shown) he
http://www.drmrx.org/forum/archive/i...hp/t-1210.html N9NEO wrote: Yes, I would think that you would want the variable capacitor close to the loop too. I think what we have here with the loop is just an inductor... Damned if I know what is in the unit by the radio. I suspect a variable capacitor and a jfet like a mpf-102. I don't think a varactor diode kind of setuup will tune such a broad range. I will take my unit apart one day soon and report back to group if anyone interested. regards, NEO |
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