Loop on the Ground - Why?
I was getting huge problems with noise on my radio's gradually getting worse and after a lot of pulling my hair out I realised most of the noise was coming from VDSL (Broadband over wire)
I live in a square of houses with overhead telephone lines coming from all directions so no way of nulling this out with my rotatable loop.
Along came a suggestion that I use a Loop on the ground, this website explains it well.
Here are a couple of rough video's that convinced me. All i can say on my quick lash up UNBELIEVABLE! Video 1 and Video 2
I will be posting results in here like i did with the Wellbrook loop but using my Wellbrook ALA-100 with LOG and using FT8 as it works for direction and coverage.
I live in a square of houses with overhead telephone lines coming from all directions so no way of nulling this out with my rotatable loop.
Along came a suggestion that I use a Loop on the ground, this website explains it well.
Here are a couple of rough video's that convinced me. All i can say on my quick lash up UNBELIEVABLE! Video 1 and Video 2
I will be posting results in here like i did with the Wellbrook loop but using my Wellbrook ALA-100 with LOG and using FT8 as it works for direction and coverage.
First 24 hour test in - 40m (below)
Decided to extend the loop to 50ft x 25ft, the maximum size i can get in where the loop stays on the ground all the time, the loop is staked all the way around and next to the path it goes in a slit trench about half an inch deep, to cover it where you can't see it. I ran another 24 hour test to see what its like on 40m and there is an improvement. I have taken off the night shadow to show it better.
