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Equipment / Re: W6LVP Magnetic Loop Antenna a Great Receiving aid for Hams and SWLers!

« on: February 07, 2018, 0032 UTC »

Josh,

Thank you for the link to the pictures of the station!  I love seeing what commercial stations look like from the inside as well as the info along with the pictures.

I just got my Channel Master rotator for my loop antenna and plan to put it up as soon as the weather improves here in the Midwest. I also have a Timewave ANC-4 noise reducing device that I will also place a decent noise antenna near the loop antenna to kill off what little noise makes it onto the loop. Most likely won't need the ANC-4 but I had it already and might as well put it to use even if only needed occasionally.

Like the other poster mentioned, Larry W6LVP responds quickly for information or advice on how best to maximize the efficiency of his antenna. That alone is a reason for people to pick up one of his antennas. The eham reviews are all 5 out of 5 and his Ebay reviews are also all positive. This is rare for electronic gizmos especially for those that are a significant investment for some people.

I an glad that I found this web site. I really enjoy lurking in some of the other areas of this site. I have found a lot of interesting info on how to listen to and interpret what some of the weird signals I hear are. Lately I have done more SWL listening than hamming. As I commented in my original post, using the W6LVP Magnetic Loop antenna reminds of how the bands sounded like back in the 50s and 60s when I first got the SWL bug before becoming a ham. 

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Equipment / W6LVP Magnetic Loop Antenna a Great Receiving aid for Hams and SWLers!

« on: February 04, 2018, 0057 UTC »

One Friday evening I contacted Larry W6LVP and asked a question about the kind of coax that he would recommend for his Magnetic Loop antenna. I was surprised to get a response with technical information within an hour or so. With this kind of customer service I decided to go ahead and order one of his antennas later that evening. I actually received the antenna on Monday afternoon within a couple days.
I have extreme electrical noise that was S-8 most of the time on my Carolina Windom and made my radio almost unusable. I temporarily installed the Magnetic Loop antenna on a short 5 FT pole in the backyard. With the XYL as the null monitor at the radio I called her on my cell phone and rotated the antenna by hand and was able to get a sharp noise null of about S-1. Very tight null when rotating just a few degrees one way or the other. Went in the house and couldn’t believe the clear signals that were hidden by the previous high noise level. It reminded me of SWLing 50 years ago as a kid back in the good old days before the electrical noise environment turned so bad!
As I mentioned, the antenna arrived within a couple days and was of high quality construction and packed extremely well for shipment. I had read the previous reviews about Larry’s product quality and customer service and my experience was also very good!!
I am planning to mount the antenna on a Channel Master rotator one of these days to get the full effect of the excellent directionally of this Magnetic Loop antenna. I even read where Broadcast Band Listeners use this antenna to pick up and select between multiple stations on the exact same AM frequencies.
I highly recommend Larry W6LVP and his Magnetic Loop antenna to other Hams and SWL listeners. He responds personally to emails within a business day usually just an hour or two. What more could a customer ask for?

Here is the link for his web site where his antenna is described and available for sale:
https://www.w6lvp.com/