[time-nuts] WWVB antennas

[J. Forster]

You are about 1/4 the distance away. Inverse square law.

-John

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> On 2/21/14, 2:21 PM, Robert Roehrig wrote:
>> John Forster said:
>>
>> "WWVB is hard to detect w/ a 3-foot diameter HP shielded loop w/
>> integral
>> preamp & 2 stages of mechanical filters. (HP 117A). The other half of
>> the
>> time it was undetectable. Paul S uses a loop that is much larger."
>>
>> I am near Chicago and I have 2 60 kHz antennas. One is a ferrite
>> rod type and the other a 5  foot diameter loop. Both are tuned
>> and feed identical 2 transistor preamp. The loop does work better.
>
> I am in San Antonio, TX, and I use a Pixelsat untuned loop. It receives
> WWVB just fine. It also receives pretty much everything from DC-20MHz
> just fine.
>
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> Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL
> 706 Flightline Drive
> Spring Branch, TX 78070
> brian at lloyd.com
> +1.916.877.5067
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