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Phil Kane-2

Remote Tuning for Loop?

Looks like my K2 could be orphaned for a while because the Apartment
Management's latest Patrol Harridan decided that my 30-foot-long
"Emergency Antenna" (end-fed wire) from my porch to the nearest tree had
to come down after 4 years - took a lot of looking to see it in the
first place. I'm not all that sad, because the way it operated, the
outside of the coax shield was the counterpoise, bringing RF into the
radio room that locked up my laptop if I wanted to use it for digital comms.

With that said -- I am considering an Alex-Loop which will meet the
aesthetic requirements of the Patrol Harridan (who fortunately is
"overlooking" the 3 J-Poles) but it is impossible for me to install the
loop on the porch and tune it from the radio room 30 feet and two rooms
away. Is there any solution for a remote tuner? Or haven't I looked
far enough?

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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Grant Youngman-2

Re: Remote Tuning for Loop?

Look at the W4OP loop. The W4OP offers manual and remote tuning options. I have the W4OP (with manual and remote tuning units) and the AlexLoop The W4OP is the one that gets used the most, although it’s a bit heavier when packed and can’t really be hand held. Both are nice products.

Grant NQ5T
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> On May 12, 2018, at 10:38 PM, Phil Kane <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
> Looks like my K2 could be orphaned for a while because the Apartment
> Management's latest Patrol Harridan decided that my 30-foot-long
> "Emergency Antenna" (end-fed wire) from my porch to the nearest tree had
> to come down after 4 years - took a lot of looking to see it in the
> first place. I'm not all that sad, because the way it operated, the
> outside of the coax shield was the counterpoise, bringing RF into the
> radio room that locked up my laptop if I wanted to use it for digital comms.
>
> With that said -- I am considering an Alex-Loop which will meet the
> aesthetic requirements of the Patrol Harridan (who fortunately is
> "overlooking" the 3 J-Poles) but it is impossible for me to install the
> loop on the porch and tune it from the radio room 30 feet and two rooms
> away. Is there any solution for a remote tuner? Or haven't I looked
> far enough?
>
> 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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NK7Z

Re: Remote Tuning for Loop?

In reply to this post by Phil Kane-2

Hi Phil,
I use a cordless phone, or a cell phone, contact the second phone, and
tune my loop from about 100 feet for most noise. Once you get the hang
of it, you can hit a 1:1 almost every time...

I have a homebrew Alex Loop running now, outside, and doing WSPR. Go to
WSPR net, and select NK7Z, then look at the last few hours... I got all
sorts of DX yesterday, which you can see by looking at the last 12 hours...

If all of that fails, I will be constructing a 12 foot loop for 40, and
building a remote tuning device out of a servo and an airplane
controller. I can share with you what I end yup with if you want.

73s and thanks,
Dave
NK7Z
https://www.nk7z.net

On 05/12/2018 07:38 PM, Phil Kane wrote:

>
> Looks like my K2 could be orphaned for a while because the Apartment
> Management's latest Patrol Harridan decided that my 30-foot-long
> "Emergency Antenna" (end-fed wire) from my porch to the nearest tree had
> to come down after 4 years - took a lot of looking to see it in the
> first place. I'm not all that sad, because the way it operated, the
> outside of the coax shield was the counterpoise, bringing RF into the
> radio room that locked up my laptop if I wanted to use it for digital comms.
>
> With that said -- I am considering an Alex-Loop which will meet the
> aesthetic requirements of the Patrol Harridan (who fortunately is
> "overlooking" the 3 J-Poles) but it is impossible for me to install the
> loop on the porch and tune it from the radio room 30 feet and two rooms
> away. Is there any solution for a remote tuner? Or haven't I looked
> far enough?
>
> 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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