Installing a LARGE receive loop for Ham Radio

"It's good to have options" very well said and another great video!

Well done DXC ! It’s so true in our noise prone environments that the Rx antenna can add a ton of value. I’m lucky enough to have a Beverage that drops noise more than signal so it’s a pleasure to listen on.

Most excellent as always Cal. Interested to see a video with time as you say on all the different antennas. I can imagine that as always you will be correct that some QSO's will be better on one antenna vs.another.

Hello Callum I'm very pleased to see you back on you tube Im new to transmitting and I've learnt a lot from your site Keep up the good work and stay safe Regards Graham (UK)

In my honest Opinion. It's the clarity of the big loop that makes it the best. Guys like me put to much stake in "Numbers" sometimes when not noticing the lower "Floor Noise" that makes the receiving so much easier to understand. The big loop wins with the absence of floor noise and abundance of clarity.

Bloody nice little video !

🤔I believe you have so many Rolls of Antenna Wire on stuck you could even run a Beverage RX Antenna around the Globe and your Storage Place still has plenty enough of Wire to build Boat Loads of Nebula Xtremes for sale. Lord Callum wires the World for best possible Communication. 💯🍻 🙋‍♂

I'm going to use "uninduce" from here on! :) I have two LoGs, one is the KK5JY 15'x15' , and the other is about 300' of wire laid on the ground in as close to a circle as I could get it. They both use the 5JY transformer, and they both work beautifully. The larger loop is a dream for LW and MW and top band ham, the smaller is almost as good but up to 5 or 6 MHz as well. Noise killiin' is excellent on both... and phasing them is a treat for experimenting and digging out the weak ones. Love your videos as always Callum, thank you. 73 de Mike N0TLD

GREAT VIDEO CAL!!! I had a request from me newly licensed Ham to talk about the value of a receive antenna. I’ve covered this many times but it’s always good to get someone else’s perspective. I’d like to use this video on my channel and of course give you credit for it. There will be a link to your channel during the segment on the show as well as a link that people can’t find your channel on YouTube via a link in the description section of my video. BTW: My DX Commander Classic antenna is still up and working fine after two years in my backyard. Thank you for creating a product that not only works, but also lasts. It’s been through too harsh winters… And still stands tall and works fantastic! Thank you again my friend. My best to you and your family. All mr best, Larry de K7HN

Interesting stuff. I strung up a similar loop at home for MWDX but it was very noisy. Dimensions were 42m x 60m approximately.

I believe from this demo it was clear that the noise level was slightly lower but definitely noticeably on the RX loops with preamp on.

Thanks for getting technical about Amateur Radio. Most here in the States are concentrating on getting new Hams their Technician licenses. I been a Ham since 1979, and technical issues concern me, not new Hams. Oh, I have taught many New Hams myself, all got their licenses without problems. You examine the important things that we need to know. Now, examine kit building, please ???

The 90 m sounds great

All u need is a wire...... 👍💚🤙🙏 and if u dont have a big backyard buy dxcommander 🙂

Just discovered this 'old' video of yours, Callum. It's a real eye-opener! I've just been thinking about installing a separate receiving aerial and didn't know what I should try. I think I'll have a go with this one, thanks! From your experiment here it would seem that the size of the loop is not critical; it's more about the space you've got. Well, I've got a nice chunk of land here (Vermont USA), so I think I'll have a go and see what I can come up with. (It might be a while before I'm up and running, as the snow is quite deep at the moment.) I'll also have to stick some sort of switching unit inline, being that my Yaesu only has a single jack for the aerial. Cheers, mate!

On weaker signals, the Full loop always wins, followed by ground loop and then the inverted L.

I have a 272 foot skyloop about 30 feet up I transmit and listen on it it's a lot quieter than the fan dipole I had up and it tunes up all bands but 17m which I use my 20m vertical for anyways.

This will happen at my house probably before my transmit vertical.

Aah, I see you have a similar fence to my yard (wire stock fence) and also noted that you have the fence earthed. I was wondering if the stock wire fence would affect the receive loop antenna

Out of curiosity.. instead of running all new wire around the perimiter, could you have mused much less wire, and electrically connected all of the fencing wire together? (as in, bury some wire an inch or 2 under each gate, and connect the ends to the fence on either side of the gate)? If you aren't using it for transmit, I don't see why this would be an issue. I have the same kind of wire fencing around my property (around 1200 lineal feet) and have thought about doing this... but not sure what the result would be.