Em sábado, 7 de maio de 2011 às 19:15:33 UTC-3, Tom Rutherford escreveu:
> Hi, All.
> Brand new to the newsgroup, here, and even though I did the old "Find"
> routine, I couldn't find what I need.
> Does anyone know where I can get instructions (preferably cookbook, but if
> they come with formulas, I can deal with that, too) for building a 2m SSB
> horizontal loop? I live in an apartment, which is pretty much a Faraday
> cage, but I get out pretty well from my balcony, at least to the east(ish)
> of the building. I have a discone out there right now, clamped to the floor
> stand of an old oscillating fan that it used to be attached to. :-) I have
> a similar portion of a floor lamp that I want to mount the loop onto. I
> need something that will cover at least the 180º that my discone can radiate
> in, as well as it does. Since 2m SSB is typically horizontal, the discone
> doesn't do too well. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> --
> -- 73 DE Tom Rutherford, N8EUJ, Burton, MI
> "She said it was either her or the ham radio. Over."
Tom, do you still have NTREADER? I lost my copy, just have registration file

On Sep 13, 2023 at 1:13:00 PM EDT, "Alexandre Fernandes" <alxfrnds@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Em sábado, 7 de maio de 2011 às 19:15:33 UTC-3, Tom Rutherford escreveu:
>> Hi, All.
>> Brand new to the newsgroup, here, and even though I did the old "Find"
>> routine, I couldn't find what I need.
>> Does anyone know where I can get instructions (preferably cookbook, but if
>> they come with formulas, I can deal with that, too) for building a 2m SSB
>> horizontal loop? I live in an apartment, which is pretty much a Faraday
>> cage, but I get out pretty well from my balcony, at least to the east(ish)
>> of the building. I have a discone out there right now, clamped to the floor
>> stand of an old oscillating fan that it used to be attached to. :-) I have
>> a similar portion of a floor lamp that I want to mount the loop onto. I
>> need something that will cover at least the 180º that my discone can radiate
>> in, as well as it does. Since 2m SSB is typically horizontal, the discone
>> doesn't do too well. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>> --
>> -- 73 DE Tom Rutherford, N8EUJ, Burton, MI
>> "She said it was either her or the ham radio. Over."
> Tom, do you still have NTREADER? I lost my copy, just have registration file

Yes, horizontal loop antennas work good for 2 meters.