This #sp4 #pota #sota mini paddle from @cwmorse_us is "The Bomb" right out of the box. No adjustments needed. It was worth the wait. #qrp #amateurradio #hamradio #qrpradio #youkits #hb1b #alphaantenna #alphamagloop #magloop #morsecode

I amazed at what 15 watts can do. Working some #skcc #MorseCode 12 meter #DX greyline across the pond with and #alphaantenna #magLoop from my ground floor apartment before March Madness games.

I'm enjoying determining the capabilities of my @Youkits #HB1B #qrpradio with my @AlphaAntenna #magloop. Nothing like a 5w #qrp #MorseCode rig on 20 meters during unstable #hfband conditions to test things out. #AmateurRadio #hamradio

@g7vkq Just a three-loop parallel array. G3JKF makes them carefully, with a career electronics background of decades behind him. That said, easy to make them, and they don't have to have his fanned design, a tough design for those not very good in soldering tubes (and probably offers no advantage). Below: 60-10m loop I had and a 15-10m version, without the fanning.

https://mw1cfnradio.blogspot.com/2021/05/15m-magloop-repair.html

http://gridtoys.com/glen/loop/loop3.html

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwi7y9yvogq4jhz/Triple%20Loop%20Array%2012%20Issue%201.pdf?dl=0

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Very pleased to find my (GB1MUU) indoors, garage-based #magloop did marginally better in 24 hour unique WSPR spots than G3JKF's outdoor, three-loop magloop array yesterday, which is the magloop reference antenna anywhere in the world. And that was even when I hadn't become active until 10:10UT, and missed some long path!

Canceled #pota #parksontheair activation today and hunted instead. Thanks Bill "THE" @potaactivator for putting new to me #HB1B #QRPRADIO to task. Along with pilot kneeboard and using @AlphaAntenna #magloop indoors. #amateurradio #hamradio #cw #cwops #cwop #morsecode

Ham radio folks - anyone have any experience with any of the mag Loops being sold on Aliexpress? Generally about USD 100.00 plus or minus 20 bucks. Although there are a bunch of sellers, they all seem to be the same 2 or 3 loops. I am personally looking at some of the 20watt ones for portable ops with my #Lab599 #TX500. This this just for fun. I do understand the potential foibles of buying here.
If anyone has gone down this path - for good or ill, I'd love to hear from you.

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The impact of quiet geomagnetic conditions on the signal from Wales to Iceland. During periods of disturbance, the signal gets across very well. But when quiet (green box), the circuit can fail to support #propagation at all. #Antenna was my garage-based indoor #magloop. #hamradio #amateurradio #wspr

I went by moonlight to change the lakeside vertical from 30m to 20m last night. Two curious eyes stared at me from the shore - an otter with a moorhen for its dinner! When I later checked on the garage #magloop performance at 30m, now taken off-air, I was amazed to see ZL on the WSPR (5W) spots map! #hamradio #amateurradio

Full analysis of the garage-based #magloop vs. the 1/4 wave by the lake. Free to read, because hams, whilst typically well-off, won't pay for any writing, regardless of effort put in. 🤔 So it's back to Blogger, which is my way of writing a useful diary of radio activities.

https://mw1cfnradio.blogspot.com/2022/12/indoor-magloop-vs-lakeside-vertical.html

After a bit of trial-and-error, the 2m prototype #magloop dimensions and feed arrangements have apparently been perfected. We'll see what action it can be put to this coming week! #hamradio #amateurradio #antenna

Can a small #magloop #antenna inside a garage give you good results, and how does it compare to a full vertical based at the water's edge? Find out here:

https://cheapham.substack.com/p/indoor-magloop-vs-lakeside-vertical?sd=pf

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Initial 10MHz results - it will take a bit more time to reach a definitive outcome - indicate that my #magloop inside a garage is only about 8dB down for #DX stations on a full-sized 1/4 wave vertical at the lakeside - when I allow a very modest 4dB watery location gain for the vertical (based on real WSPR results, which were up to 10dB better there). That's a very minor hit for such a superficially poor location. Reach of both is pretty much the same. #hamradio #amateurradio #wspr

Nice example of a quieter geomagnetic field nestled between two periods of very disturbed conditions, and how my 5W WSPR signal from the garage #magloop responded. As usual, the signal is suppressed by the distrubance, but reappears on relaxing a little. #hamradio #amateurradio #wspr #propagation

All this talk of loops and dark nights has got me digging-out some of the 'big boy' caps. The super-wide spaced beast needs some servicing, but will soon be in use, maybe for that 100W SSB #magloop QSO with @gm4slv 😇 #hamradio #amateurradio

All this talk of loops and dark nights has got me digging-out some of the 'big boy' caps. The super-wide spaced beast needs some servicing, but will soon be in use, maybe for that 100W SSB #magloop QSO with @gm4slv 😇 #hamradio #amateurradio

Oops! I did it again! New acquisition for a monoband #magloop. ~2-22pF. 😊 #hamradio #amateurradio

This morning's TX and RX test. 4W is doing pretty well from the indoor #magloop, but a bit more power would clearly be useful. Bands 15, 12, 10 metres. Warning! Indoor ham radio leads to mess! 😂 #hamradio #amateurradio #ft8 #digimodes

This morning's TX and RX test. 4W is doing pretty well from the indoor #magloop, but a bit more power would clearly be useful. Warning! Indoor ham radio leads to mess! 😂

My #homebrew #Magloop https://youtu.be/bOURPp5C4FE
#HamRadio