http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/ Monthly QRP Field Day Group Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:56:10 GMT oh6bi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2899 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2899 Hi All ! After several messages and replies in Yahoo Groups: CW-QRP (ex codewarriors), hfpack, loopantennas and MQFD I apreciate good replies and information Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:46:40 GMT oh6bi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2898 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2898 Hi Rick. There are two reasons vhy not to make bigger loop: First is that when loop reaches certain zize it doesnt work anymore with higher frequencies as a Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:52:49 GMT QRP_1@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2897 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2897 This is my first MagLoop , getting slovly to know it. As I tried explain, my problem is the capacitor, needed bigger one, but truying to solve 14 MHz this time Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:12:56 GMT oh6bi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2896 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2896 Hi All, I am back from my RockLoop. It was tricky thing to make turns double.. you can try it with piece of rope. In normal position the capacitor is at the Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:41:17 GMT oh6bi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2895 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2895 Hi Henry. This is my first MagLoop , getting slovly to know it. As I tried explain, my problem is the capacitor, needed bigger one, but truying to solve 14 MHz Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:31:20 GMT Henry Schneider http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2894 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2894 Do you understand how to determine antenna efficiency with this sort of thing?  I started a loop project a couple of years ago and the copper loop is still Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:53:52 GMT oh6bi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2893 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2893 Hello, I posted this message to Yahoo Loop group, I wish to have comments also from here. ... I built the rockloop based on dl1gsj article. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:14:31 GMT QRP_1@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2892 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2892 I spend at least one weekend a month running morse sounders with vintage Civil War keys. [[[snip]]] Dave, I have an old telegraph sounder here - I think it was Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:25:27 GMT Dave Bock http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2891 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2891 John, Well, I only got one contact in through the RTTY and then family descended on the house on Monday. I spend at least one weekend a month running morse Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:50:11 GMT QRP_1@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2890 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2890 I've used "signal mirrors" to send CW from mountain tops....lots of fun. I was a signalman in the Navy too.....used symaphore a lot but never "wig-wag". Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:49:13 GMT QRP_1@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2889 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2889 The name will stay the same John, we just changed the format a little. Its about any outdoor field operation any time you can now but still with the dedicated Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:49:13 GMT QRP_1@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2888 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2888 I checked this out on Snopes and it's true...just started up in the latest version in July 2008 so it's pretty recent. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:49:13 GMT QRP_1@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2887 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2887 Evening John, Have you tried rotating the antenna to see if the pattern follows the rotation ? If you rotate itand you maximum signal stays in the same Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:14:39 GMT k3ytr@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2886 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2886 I worked 16 contacts in 3 hrs from Turkey Point Lighthouse on the 17 of August. One from Virginia, 2 West Virginia, 2 from Michigan and some from Ohio, NY and Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:41:20 GMT jspiker58 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2885 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MQFD/message/2885 I've mentioned before (not sure on this board) but I get an amazing RST into Northeastern Canada from Charleston, WV. You can almost plot the QTH's on a