"Eddie Thomas" wrote in message
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Did anyone hear Art bell talk about his new antenna system last night on
Coast to Coast? He mentioned something about his new dual antenna loops
and
a QSL from Portland. Anyone have the details?

I did...I found myself completely out of my depth, technically-speaking, but
I'm glad someone brought it up in here like I hoped they would! So he
basically built just a giant loop antenna? And is "tx" the transmitting
version of "dx?"


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And is "tx" the transmitting
version of "dx?"

No Tim, he is TX (transmitting) ....where DX (is just listening.) Of course
Art is doing both on his. Super setup....put it this way.

No ne else has what he has, enough said. :-)

No ne else has what he has, enough said. :-)


For good reason.

Yeah it's big, but there are plenty of guys with MUCH better.

A lot of ballyhoo over nothing IMHO.

jw
wb9uai

"J999w" wrote in message
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No ne else has what he has, enough said. :-)


For good reason.

Yeah it's big, but there are plenty of guys with MUCH better.


For what it's worth, here's some of the much better:

http://www.mindspring.com/~cummings7/rhombic.html

And a closer look at W6AM's old rhombic farm:

http://home.swipnet.se/dx/porthole/w6am1.htm

A lot of ballyhoo over nothing IMHO.

jw
wb9uai

Art Bell is an even more impressive showman than an antenna maker. This
talk about weird effects is all part of the show.

Frank Dresser

A lot of ballyhoo over nothing IMHO.

we'll agree to disagree jw ;-)

(Dxluver) wrote in message ...
A lot of ballyhoo over nothing IMHO.

we'll agree to disagree jw ;-)

His loop does give some good gain on 75m, but little on the other
bands. The pattern of his loop should give an X shape pattern, "4
lobes" that give appx 5-6-7 dbi. Pretty good for 75m, but he will have
nulls also. If you achieve gain, it's ALWAYS at the expense of another
direction. For this reason, on 75m, I actually prefer a pretty
omnidirectional antenna. I like to spread the power fairly equally. My
favorite all around 75m antenna is a turnstile.
His large loop acts about the same as a dipole on 160m. Varies on all
the upper bands, but none of the upper bands show the type of gain he
gets on 75m. It's sort of a one band wonder....:/ A smaller loop can
actually work better on some of the higher bands. MK