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ground
To receiver
ground
BACK FRONT
Wavefronts
arriving Signal
Absorbed
To receiver
ground
12 Beverages and Receiving Antennas January 2015
How Are Signals Rejected?
antenna
Horizontally-polarized
along axis, no effect
because E-field is
perpendicular to the
antenna - no current!
antenna
Horizontally-polarized
along axis, no effect
because E-field is
perpendicular to the
antenna - no current!
antenna
Horizontally-polarized
E along axis, no effect
because E-field is
Horizontally-polarized perpendicular to the
broadside, no effect antenna - no current!
because E-field causes
same current everywhere,
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canceling at ends!
Beverages and Receiving Antennas January 2015
The Classic One-Wire Beverage
Receives best
from this direction
1:9
50 Ω 4 to 15’
300-600 Ω
ground
T2 T1
Reflection
1:9 Transformer
Right-to-left
50 Ω
Signals
T3
Left-to-right 50 Ω
Signals
T2 T1
Reflection
1:9 Transformer
Right-to-left
50 Ω
Signals
T3
Left-to-right 50 Ω
Signals
T2 T1
Reflection
1:9 Transformer
Right-to-left
50 Ω
Signals
T3
Max signal
150 Ω
w7iuv.com/flag.htm
March 2011 QST article by WB6RSE
32 Beverages and Receiving Antennas January 2015
Double Half-Delta Loop
22 m long
7.5 m high
dxengineering.com, hizantennas.com
8-element array
physical layout
From DX Engineering
product literature
40 Beverages and Receiving Antennas January 2015
Overview
Goals of Receive Antennas
Beverage Basics
K9AY Loop
Flags and Pennants
Vertical Arrays
Small rotatable loops
Coupling and Pickup
Capacitor tunes
loop to resonance
(1000 pF trimmer)
From W8JI
www.w8ji.com/magnetic_receiving_loops.htm
43 Beverages and Receiving Antennas January 2015
W8JI Loop Guidelines
The shield must be perfectly symmetrical moving away
from the inner conductor exit point
The gap in the shield must be exactly opposite the
grounded point
The ground must be at the inner wire exit point
The shield will not make an unshielded loop that is
properly balanced any quieter
The shield only is a tool to help you balance the system.
The shield helps only when the shield is properly
implemented.