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very nice video thank you 73, OG4U

Hello from Switzerland, congratulations on an excellent presentation, I just had to watch this twice. I am located in a situation that cries out for a Baby Loop; small plot, potentially dangerous neighbors ! I am almost convinced that this is for me but may I ask about your findings since this video was made 10 months ago ? Grateful to you. Kind regards, John HB9IMG

A friend of mine built a 10 to 20 Meter Loop which worked great on all five bands, it too had a very high Q, guess it's the nature of the Propagation Beast...However! The Tunable 20 to 150 Picofarad clamped plate capacitor could only handle 30 watts anything over that it was just a conductor....Thank you very much for this presentation. Well done 73's KC3ZDW

Nice garden big enough for a array of antennas

Steve, at 5:20 min you are talking about the height the antenna should be above the ground. As an absolute newbie, I would like to know if this antenna is supposed to be mount more or less close to the ground (like in your garden), or if it is also OK to mount higher up, like for example on the fence of a balcony ~10 above the ground.

Absolutely excellent video, thank you. What is the performance like on TX? (Compared with your other HF antenna?).

Can I ask you, how much is the real life SWR 1:2 bandwidth ?

Do you need a second antenna to use this device? If so, how serious does the second antenna need to be?

240p Slavik Style

is the pole steel or aluminium ?

Well done Steve, a very detailed demo with some very good tips. I have a baby loop and a midi loop here. I did some trial tests on the baby loop over a 2 week period and was happy with the results. I used the keypad to alter frequencies and found the forward and reverse directions to be very similar in signal strength. I did some tests on the 40m band on our local radio club net and found the baby loop to be omnidirectional and and rotating the loop had very little effect. I assume that was because the radio club boys were within 40 Km of my location so I guess that means the 40m band NVIS propagation is omnidirectional and DX propagation or more directional. I added Fair-Rite mix 31 suppression torroids on all cables - the coax, the rotator cables and the DC motor cables. Those ferrites were added at both ends of each cable to ensure they were all adequately choked. I'm using the same rotor as you and I would be delighted if it would rotate at double the speed to get to the target direction quicker. Thanks again, 73, Jamie VK2YCJ

An interesting experiment... What do you actually mean that the loop is more effective than a normal dipole?

Excellent video.

How can I say... Just perfect. The one of the best presentations I've ever seen on YT. Full of clear, straightforward, useful information. No empty chit-chat on a negligible topic. Very well done! Congratulations! 73 de HA5CST

Blimey. Over complicated. Just simple things suits me as now I am an old guy with my memory isn't good. George

This was a great video! How are you finding the loop?

What a wonderful review. Thanks. One question: When using the scope on the Icom in a wider view (like 250Khz or 500Khz), are you able to receive the whole spectrum, or is the filter so tight that you can't see adjacent stations on the scope?

Thanks for the video, very intteresting. I wish I could have one. I can only dream. M0AYO

Hello Steve, this is by far the best video about this baby loop. Although extremely clean English is spoken. I didn't fully understand a small point because I speak German. If the antenna is in fully automatic mode and I scan the frequency for stations on the Icom with the VFO, the tuning of the antenna is also fully automatic, did I understand that correctly? Sorry if I'm asking such a stupid question?😢

Piss Poor welding on the Aluminum at the price those sell for.

hardly to hear any difference. not worth any single penny

Good Grief! Just about all aspect of this unit and it's installation must baffle and scare the daylights out of beginner hams!

Hi Steve. I was parked in a layby activating a bunker the other day and noticed a similar noise. I had activated from that layby before with no issue, but this time I had S7 noise across all of 40m. The only difference was that there was an Artic right behind me. I moved a bit further along the layby and the noise decreased. The noise disappeared when the truck left the layby. I didn't think to check the make of the artic, but Rob G7RFO suggested it could have been a Volvo and pointed me in direction of this video. Many Thanks G8XDD/P

Buenas 73s desde Canarias que tal funciona la antena loop magnetica

Great video with a good explanation of how the antenna works and performers good luck and enjoy.. thanks George MW0SWR .

And when it's freezing or snowing... What's happend ?

Does the loop tuner have memories so it can recall them quickly or does it retune each time?

Thank you for the excellent video on the Ciro Mazzini Baby Loop.

Great video Steve. Lots of great information well explained. I'd be interested to know how you weather sealed the side of the terminal box where the cable tie attached.

Hi Steve, I never thought I'd be watching a QRM car chase in the morning. Great stuff. Can you tell me what frequency you were monitoring? As we just took delivery of a Volvo ;-)

Hm! Petty the gamma is heavily welded , trimming that would put you SWR in place. I dont know if that paste is good or bad , I would put it together fluss, and then protect it from outside with silicone grease , and then service it from time to time. How is the loop reacting to heavy rain and snow with the non protected capacitor? How are the "nills" in and out of the plane? and are they also offset like the beam heading? Would be nice if the loop was offered as a raw loop , and then you could put together your own controller , eg arduino Just a thought, Tnx es gl

Good day Steve, thanks for the nice review. Due to the high Q of the antenna, I tend to tune the frequency of the antenna 1 kHz higher than the radio, when I'm in USB and tune the antenna 1 kHz lower when I use LSB. (I have the MIDI-Loop). I noticed that this gets my reading of the SWR exactly the same on the Loop-tuner and my TRX. On the part of issues with the tuning box of the loop, I recently got many times the fault: "Motor fail - no load". Initially, I checked all connections on the tuner, on my radio and on the antenna itself. I found some moist inside the tuning motor cable connection box, at the base of the antenna. It also partially corroded the wires of the connections there. I ended up getting rid of the terminal blocks there and soldered the wires together of the incoming and outgoing side of the RF choke that is housed inside that box. But it didn't solve the issue with getting "Motor fail - no load". Only after I swapped the + and - connection of the tuning motor, on the side of the "tiny little" plug that goes into the back of the tuning unit, it was solved. To this day (3 months later) the fault hasn't returned and I can enjoy the antenna again. 73 from Holland de PC7H - Roy

Hello Steve, as mentioned by many other enthusiasts you have made indeed a very comprehensive and informative video. Well done! I am a former user of the babyloop antenna and I used it intensely for many years with success. Later on I sold it to a very good friend of mine which I regret till this day. However it is my intention to buy the loop again since this is the most ideal antenna in my space limited situation. The most remarkable fact of your findings was, at least for me, that the babyloop in your situation was more sensitive for DX signals in the opposite direction in comparison what is explained in the antenna instruction manual, i.e. not in the direction of the gamma match but the other side. At the time I used the babyloop I was not aware of this property or behaviour I simply followed the instructions give by Cirro Mazzoni. I would like to you see, and with me many other radio amateurs I presume, If this also is also the case on your transmissions. Could you do some other experiments for us and share these with us? I would recommend you to make use of the Reverse Beacon Network or RBN for short. You do not need any additional equipment connected to your transceiver. You just use your computer to monitor your results. You only have to give CQ in { CW / RTTY / PSK31 or PSK63 } on a certain frequency repeatedly by sending the following sentence "TEST de G4HPE TEST". Make it last for a few minutes or so and observe your results on the RBN main page. Turn the babyloop in exactly the opposite direction and repeat the same procedure again. I am looking forward to you reaction ( and your findings of course! ) Sincerely Erwin, best 73 de PA3FCB

Terrific demonstration and thorough. Your installation is working very well and I'm surprised given the size of the loop. Unfortunately, for this level of performance, the price is high.

This video has the best illustration on the importance on how to ensure approximating the input levels between the signal to noise antennas. So many MFJ-1026 owners over the years didn't know about this fact and ended up saying things like this was a piece of junk, and etc. Most of them do not know the tuning process but starting by wildly spinning their knobs in search for a null. Little that they know that would not have worked. 😂😂😂😂

Thanks for sharing Steve, very interesting video.

What a wonderful and most enjoyable presentation. Thank you for taking the time to document and film your work. Subscribed… HI HI

Interesting. I wonder if this is Volvo covertly phoning home, or maybe a future self-driving vehicle comm system that is being field tested unbeknownst to the owner.

It’s always a pleasure to enjoy a proper British review. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your superbly- performing new antenna. 73s de KO6ARA

Great video pls do another and include some tx so we can see the performance at differing power levels. Well done ! Excellent stuff

Great steve, exactly what i was looking for, greetings from brazil

Why in the world did you put the antenna so far away from your house?

Hi Steve, it may possibly be that this is a submultiple of the 75 MHz clock used on one of the controllers in the engine. If you get a chance, please try the experiment again but this time monitor 75 MHz - maybe with a portable spectrum analyser if Rx limited. 75 MHz was selected as it is in the OIRT guard band and was not expected to cause problems. It could be that another module is creating the divide down. Good luck. Chris, G0LZV

Excellent demo video, Steve! We couldn't have done better! Thanks a lot and 73 to you. I3VHF Ciro and the LOOP Antenna team

Very useful video! Cheers from GW4LJW.

I'm really very impressed! I'd be interested in your results on transmit. I have a fairly high noise floor on the lower HF bands and went for a Wellbrook RX loop as an RX only antenna with my TRX. Loops really do make a huge difference in noise floor - whilst the signal on the loop may be a couple of S-points down on a resonant antenna, the s/n is so much better that the actual strength almost is irrelevant compared to the vast improvement in listening experience.

Interesting, im going to listen on my qcx mini when im driving around in the future. Thank you.

Thank you and thanks to those all involved, this was really interesting. 73

Great video and demo, Steve. I bought a Baby-loop in June of 2022. I live in a small city and on a small lot. I wanted an antenna with the ability to direct the signal. I mounted mine on a Yeasu 450 rotator and started using it. I also found that the signals, both transmitted and received, are stronger off the backside of the loop. Glad to see that it wasn't just my installation. I've also tried it at two different heights based on the minimum and maximum distance recommended by the manufacturer. I have made numerous DX QSO'S with it. The noise level is lower than my 65' Windom and my DX Commander Rapide. 73, KC8WVG. Ciro Mazzoni should reference your video on their website.

That was a good demo, I've wondered about these things, first time I've seen one in action so thank you !!