Re: Magnetic Loop Receiving Aerial (Gary Tempest)
Isn't a goniometer the system used in most marine D/F receivers. eg the Marconi Lodestone/Lodestar jobs that I remember. Basically a crossed pair of loops and a "sense" aerial to create the Cardioid directional shape? It's all very fuzzy in the ancient memory, I may be able to dig out some old study notes but figure plenty of radio experts here who could design a DIY job on the back of the metaphorical fag packet.
Might be some online resources that would throw up some drawings/plans?
But surely for simple receiving rather than direction finding you'd do without the sense aerial and just use the omnidirectional properties of the crossed loops and use the summed signals? there'll be some glaring errors there nae doot.
Andy
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