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Ferrite rod antennas
I am wondering if a large ferrite rod would be good antenna for maybe
MW and 160meter band. I see there are some larger rods available on the net. Would there be an advantage to using a few rods glued together? I like performance of MW loop but it just isn't very directional. If anybody has any first hand experience or links on www I would like to hear. NEO |
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Ferrite rod antennas
On Nov 28, 9:58 pm, N9NEO wrote:
I am wondering if a large ferrite rod would be good antenna for maybe MW and 160meter band. I see there are some larger rods available on the net. Would there be an advantage to using a few rods glued together? I like performance of MW loop but it just isn't very directional. If anybody has any first hand experience or links on www I would like to hear. NEO Go to www.stormwise.com if you want to pick up some large ferrite rods. They also sell variable capacitors. |
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On Nov 28, 9:58�pm, N9NEO wrote:
I am wondering if a large ferrite rod would be good antenna for maybe MW and 160meter band. �I see there are some larger rods available on the net. �Would there be an advantage to using a few rods glued together? �I like performance of MW loop but it just isn't very directional. �If anybody has any first hand experience or links on www I would like to hear. NEO I was wondering about the length of Eduardo's rod... |
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IBOC Crock : In-Search-Of a "Rod" . . .
On Nov 28, 8:08 pm, IBOCcrock wrote:
- - I was wondering about the length of Eduardo's rod... - IBOC Crock - Once Again Please Do Not Post your Sexual Fantasies to this Shortwave Radio Listener's Newsgroup. Clearly -if- d'Eduardo wanted you to know the 'length of {His} Eduardo's rod...' he would have told you by now. Just Proves the Point - Any Who Is "Anti" Free Over-the-Air AM & FM Radio has some real personal issues. iboc crock - please confine your sexual weirdness in your cubicle {toilet} at work ~ RHF http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thu...n_a_toilet.jpg |
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IBOC Crock : In-Search-Of a "Rod" . . .
On Nov 29, 2:08 am, RHF wrote:
On Nov 28, 8:08 pm, IBOCcrock wrote: - - I was wondering about the length of Eduardo's rod... - IBOC Crock - Once Again Please Do Not Post your Sexual Fantasies to this Shortwave Radio Listener's Newsgroup. Clearly -if- d'Eduardo wanted you to know the 'length of {His} Eduardo's rod...' he would have told you by now. Just Proves the Point - Any Who Is "Anti" Free Over-the-Air AM & FM Radio has some real personal issues. iboc crock - please confine your sexual weirdness in your cubicle {toilet} at work ~ RHFhttp://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1734967/2/istockph... . http://republika.pl/blog_cf_450108/7...z/****-off.jpg |
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Ferrite rod antennas
On Nov 28, 9:58 pm, N9NEO wrote:
I am wondering if a large ferrite rod would be good antenna for maybe MW and 160meter band. Would there be an advantage to using a few rods glued together? In the "ARRL Antenna Compendium, Vol. 6", there is an article describing a tuned, ferrite rod, magnetic receiving loop antenna - "The Optima 160/80-Meter Receive Antenna" by Richard Marris, G2BZQ. THE author glues ferrite rods together exactly as you propose. I never built or used one so I cannot comment on its perforance. Terry W8EJO |
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IBOC Crock : In-Search-Of a "Rod" . . .
On Nov 29, 9:55 am, IBOCcrock wrote:
On Nov 29, 2:08 am, RHF wrote: On Nov 28, 8:08 pm, IBOCcrock wrote: - - I was wondering about the length of Eduardo's rod... - IBOC Crock - Once Again Please Do Not Post your Sexual Fantasies to this Shortwave Radio Listener's Newsgroup. Clearly -if- d'Eduardo wanted you to know the 'length of {His} Eduardo's rod...' he would have told you by now. Just Proves the Point - Any Who Is "Anti" Free Over-the-Air AM & FM Radio has some real personal issues. iboc crock - please confine your sexual weirdness in your cubicle {toilet} at work ~ RHFhttp://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1734967/2/istockph... . - - http://republika.pl/blog_cf_450108/7...z/****-off.jpg - IBOC Crock - You really should use more Make-Up : http://republika.pl/blog_cf_450108/7...z/****-off.jpg When you pose for Close-Up Pictures. ~ RHF |
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Ferrite rod antennas
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, Harry7 wrote: On Nov 28, 9:58 pm, N9NEO wrote: I am wondering if a large ferrite rod would be good antenna for maybe MW and 160meter band. Would there be an advantage to using a few rods glued together? In the "ARRL Antenna Compendium, Vol. 6", there is an article describing a tuned, ferrite rod, magnetic receiving loop antenna - "The Optima 160/80-Meter Receive Antenna" by Richard Marris, G2BZQ. THE author glues ferrite rods together exactly as you propose. I never built or used one so I cannot comment on its perforance. Gluing them together is a bad idea as you can not control the gap between the rods. This small gap will ruin the inductance of the combined rods and as a consequence the Q of this antenna. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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On Nov 30, 10:18 pm, Telamon
wrote: In article , Harry7 wrote: On Nov 28, 9:58 pm, N9NEO wrote: I am wondering if a large ferrite rod would be good antenna for maybe MW and 160meter band. Would there be an advantage to using a few rods glued together? In the "ARRL Antenna Compendium, Vol. 6", there is an article describing a tuned, ferrite rod, magnetic receiving loop antenna - "The Optima 160/80-Meter Receive Antenna" by Richard Marris, G2BZQ. THE author glues ferrite rods together exactly as you propose. I never built or used one so I cannot comment on its perforance. Gluing them together is a bad idea as you can not control the gap between the rods. This small gap will ruin the inductance of the combined rods and as a consequence the Q of this antenna. -- Telamon Ventura, California- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Telemon, The rod isn't a closed loop like a toroid so the the gap on the rod is the distance from one face to the other. If we start with say a 7" rod then what difference is .050" of glue going to make when we glue to together to make a 14incher? I was thinking of maybe a series parallel combination of a dozen or so. regards, NEO |
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Ferrite rod antennas
On Dec 4, 5:41 pm, N9NEO wrote:
On Nov 30, 10:18 pm, Telamon wrote: In article , Harry7 wrote: On Nov 28, 9:58 pm, N9NEO wrote: I am wondering if a large ferrite rod would be good antenna for maybe MW and 160meter band. Would there be an advantage to using a few rods glued together? In the "ARRL Antenna Compendium, Vol. 6", there is an article describing a tuned, ferrite rod, magnetic receiving loop antenna - "The Optima 160/80-Meter Receive Antenna" by Richard Marris, G2BZQ. THE author glues ferrite rods together exactly as you propose. I never built or used one so I cannot comment on its perforance. Gluing them together is a bad idea as you can not control the gap between the rods. This small gap will ruin the inductance of the combined rods and as a consequence the Q of this antenna. -- Telamon Ventura, California- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Telemon, The rod isn't a closed loop like a toroid so the the gap on the rod is the distance from one face to the other. If we start with say a 7" rod then what difference is .050" of glue going to make when we glue to together to make a 14incher? I was thinking of maybe a series parallel combination of a dozen or so. regards, NEO McKay-Dymic offered two ferrite loop antennas. The DA5 covered MW, the DA7 covered LW and MW. I own one that is on semi permanent loan to a neighbor. It has a ferrite rod about .75" X ~12"or 14" long. And by adding or removing turns on the coil on the rod, I could easily get it to work up to 2.5MHz to receive WWV. It crapped out around 5.0MHz, I could receive WWV on 5, but the sensitivity was way down. Storm wise sells large ferrite rods,and others have had good success gluing similar short rods end to end and binding them like a group of pencils griped in your hand. The reason why the DA5 is on loan is Dallas Lankford's simpler active dipole beat the snot out of it. Good luck. Terry |
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