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Originally Posted by jimbofish
Well, I'm 20-75 miles from any local stations and 150 or more from the ones I want to hear, so would spacing the turns slightly work better for me?
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I think that in that situation, I would use a fairly large loop (2-4 feet) with spaced turns. One nice thing about this hobby is that wood, pvc pipe, and wire are inexpensive, so you can build several different designs and determine which is best for your application.
This builder even makes his own capacitor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPALB-ZZGbY
nice 4 footer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXQeZxeCJ2c
2 footer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpGXE...eature=related
Another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_keF...eature=related
The ability to tilt the loop like the Kiwa is a desirable feature. Sometimes I end up with one of my home-made loops propped up at an odd angle to better null out an offending station.
jr