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Terk Loop vs other loops

Ola Fredriksson
 

Hi all, I wonder if anyone if you have knowledge about Terk Loop vs other loops, like Tecsun AN200? I had contact with Jay Allen and he told me that there is no significant differences between loops of this size. 


I have the PK-loop, 45cm diameter and a Tecsun AN200. No significant difference. I recognize that Terk loop is quite wide. Maybe a better nulling? Thanks in advance 

73 from Ola in Sweden 

kevin asato
 

Ola,
The Terk loop appears much wider than it is. If you removed the screws and cover, you will find that the actual loop itself is about 1/3 the width of the form. 8 turna are connected to the tuning capacitor and a single coupling loop is connected to the 1/8"/3.5mm socket on the back. The coupling loop can be used to remotely couple to the AM band radio. in addition, i have used this coupling loop to an antenna wire and ground and inductively coupled the entire loop to a radio. i use the larger loop and capacitor to peak the reception. This makes it similar to the other loop antennas as the AN200. 

73,
kevin
kc6pob


On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 12:23 AM Ola Fredriksson via groups.io <of674=yahoo.se@groups.io> wrote:

Hi all, I wonder if anyone if you have knowledge about Terk Loop vs other loops, like Tecsun AN200? I had contact with Jay Allen and he told me that there is no significant differences between loops of this size. 


I have the PK-loop, 45cm diameter and a Tecsun AN200. No significant difference. I recognize that Terk loop is quite wide. Maybe a better nulling? Thanks in advance 

73 from Ola in Sweden 

Ola Fredriksson
 

Hi Kevin and thanks. Will stick with my other loops. 

73 Ola 

 

 

dave_m1ctk
 

I have both the terk and the tecsun I bought recently. I would say the tecsun has the edge over the terk very slightly maybe but both do there job very well inductively or direct 

If you want the best loop around though try to find a second hand wellbrook 1530

On Sun, 11 Sep 2022, 08:23 Ola Fredriksson via groups.io, <of674=yahoo.se@groups.io> wrote:

Hi all, I wonder if anyone if you have knowledge about Terk Loop vs other loops, like Tecsun AN200? I had contact with Jay Allen and he told me that there is no significant differences between loops of this size. 


I have the PK-loop, 45cm diameter and a Tecsun AN200. No significant difference. I recognize that Terk loop is quite wide. Maybe a better nulling? Thanks in advance 

73 from Ola in Sweden 

Ola Fredriksson
 

Thanks Dave for your comments. Wellbrook is a very good antenna but like to dig out dx with small loops. 


73 Ola 

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