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A LOW NOISE LOOP THAT WORKS PLUS A BONUS 2 METER BEAM GET AN HF BAND
RECEIVE ANTENNA AND A VHF LOG PERIODIC, ALL ON ONE BOOM.  RICK DARWICKI,
N6PE A AFTER SUBSCRIBING TO OUR LOCAL TV CHANNELS VIA DIRECT BROADCAST
SATELLITE, I NO LONGER HAD ANY USE FOR MY OLD TV ANTENNA.  I DECIDED THAT
RATHER THAN DISCARD IT, IN TYPICAL AMATEUR RADIO FASHION, I WOULD MAKE IT
INTO A HAM ANTENNA PROJECT.  I WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN I HAD HOPED.  THIS
IS NOT MEANT TO BE A TYPICAL CONSTRUC TION ARTICLE.  THE ANTENNA DESCRIBED
IS BASICALLY A 2 METER BEAM MADE FROM AN OLD TV ANTENNA AND A ROTATABLE
RECEIVING LOOP THAT IS SIMILAR TO ONE HALF OF A K9AY ARRAY SEE FIGURE 1
MOUNTED ABOVE GROUND.  IT PERFORMS WELL ON 2 METER FM AND IS VERY EFFECTIVE
AS A LOW NOISE RECEIVING ANTENNA.  THE COST IS NEXT TO NOTHING AND THE
WHOLE THING HAS A FAIRLY LOW PROFILE.  START WITH WHATS AT HAND MY TV
ANTENNA WAS A LARGE RADIOSHACK UNIT WITH VHF/UHF ELEMENTS WITH A SECOND
SUPPORT BOOM BELOW THE MAIN BOOM.  THERE WERE NINE ELEMENTS BENT INWARD IN
TYPICAL TV ANTENNA FASHION.  OTHER TV ANTENNAS COULD BE MODIFIED AND
DIFFERENT MECHANICAL ARRANGE MENTS COULD BE DEVISED TO CREATE A SIMILAR
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552 2 22 1,902 OH Sportsmans Paradise ARC K4WAK 402 2 14 1,892 NFL Madison
Oneida ARC W2MO 452 2 23 1,888 WNY Northwest Illinois ARC W9F N9WN 342 2 12
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