pjxii
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Living in a condo makes it very difficult to experiment with antennas but I've always been curious as to how well beam antennas used for amateur bands would perform as general SW receive antennas.
Here is a video from someone in Italy receiving RAE on 15345 kHz from Argentina with a Moxon designed for 40 meters. He starts out pointing it the exact opposite direction then aimed at the transmitter and finally comparing it to a longwire. Seems to be effective.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=1UC-D1Bqckk
This is on my list of antennas to try when I get my house, along with Hertzian's Loop-On-Ground, of course...
Here is a video from someone in Italy receiving RAE on 15345 kHz from Argentina with a Moxon designed for 40 meters. He starts out pointing it the exact opposite direction then aimed at the transmitter and finally comparing it to a longwire. Seems to be effective.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=1UC-D1Bqckk
This is on my list of antennas to try when I get my house, along with Hertzian's Loop-On-Ground, of course...