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Old 30th Nov 2021, 4:15 am   #14
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Default Re: Long wire AM aerial - directional?

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Originally Posted by Hartley118 View Post
I must confess that in my own location, I’ve practically abandoned long wire aerials and prefer a loop aerial which has two advantages:

1. It receives the magnetic component of the electromagnetic signal, which has a much lower level of nearby electrical interference than the electric component.

2. It’s directional and can be rotated to reject interference and unwanted nearby strong stations.

I use a Wellbrook loop, but others are available and you can of course also build your own. Search the forum for more information on this.

Martin
Yes indeed, to all those comments. You can buy a ready-made PCB to build a Wellbrook clone (i.e. the "Wellgood Loop") and I would recommend that (much, much cheaper)! Various threads on the forum on the subject.

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