Loop Aerial

[Murphyv310]

Aye it was just a passing thought.
What annoys me is others saying it's their idea when it's blatantly not!

It annoys me too. With the internet, in particular, many people are hoovering up anything worthwhile and claiming rights to them.

In practice though there is very little which is new. With any idea someone somewhere is likely to have thought along the same lines. It's a big part of the function of research to investigate that. It's perhaps also part of the reason why research papers are so formalised, and patents exist.

Tracy

Hi Tracy.
I certainly agree. I have no issues whatsoever in anyone copying anything I make, I have done countless hours of research on small transmitting loops and felt the preferred way of coupling to the main tunable loop was very lossy and surely there was a better method. My idea of coupling was again researched and no where do I see this simple method anywhere. Perhaps others have done it but again who, where & when?
Field tests have proved it works. 500 milliwatts to the Shetland isles on 20 meters with a signal level received of 10 over S9.
Vancouver with S9 again on 20 meters using 5 watts, all QSOs on SSB.
The loop is 1 meter in diameter and tunes 15 & 20 meters.