[600MRG] LW / MF Loopstick with Pre-amp

[Warren K2ORS]

David,

     That would be Dave Schneider wjdi at hvc.rr.com
I have one and concur that it works great!
Tell him Warren sent you - Dave and I go back at least 30 years.


73 Warren K2ORS


On 5/1/2016 10:17 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to find the name or call sign of the man who was selling
> 18 inch PVC pipe with an antenna inside. It turned out to be a very
> effective LF and MF antenna system.  What was inside was probably a
> large loopstick.  The interesting thing about this loopstick is that
> it had exceptional nulling power, and it was sold in a frame (as far
> as I understand) in which it can be rotated and also tilted.  The
> darned thing really picks up and for some reason the null was
> strongest only in one direction, In the 180 degree rotation, it was
> slightly less nulled out, so that if you knew the location of the
> beacon, you leaned that 90 degrees from the complete null would be the
> vector to the station -  without using a sense antenna.  The ferrite
> stick must have been wound with a shield of copper with only one end
> exposed and unwrapped.
>
> This hasn't been confirmed since no one wants to open this sensational
> antenna! But it works as a great direction finder!
>
> Maybe 2013, 2014, 2015?
>
> This man made three or four of them and sold them at NEAR FEST in New Hampshire.
>
> 73
>
> David N1EA
>
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