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Re: Urban stealth HF: Inside-the-backpack loop

Edward R Cole
"Shades of WWII spy movies" with the german's sniffing RF with
rotating loops on top of a small van!

Great idea!  Better Rx antennas, of course.  I have plans to make a 6
or 8 foot loop out of some old 1/2 inch heliax cable (1/2 inch copper
shield) to try on 630m for Rx. One foot loop on 14-MHz is
comparable.  And if anyone were to ask what you are doing: "just
tracking deer or bengal tigers"!

73, Ed - KL7UW
   http://www.kl7uw.com
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Re: Urban stealth HF: Inside-the-backpack loop

Phil Kane-2
On 1/22/2019 6:03 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:

> "Shades of WWII spy movies" with the german's sniffing RF with rotating
> loops on top of a small van!

That system - called the Finch loop in the US - was used by most if not
all radio enforcement administrations world-wide in some version or
other until well into the 1970s.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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