Active Ferrite Rod Antenna OH2NLT
09.10.2005
Matti OH7SV did some tests to find out if Active Ferrite Rod antenna can be build for 80 / 40 Meter ham band reception. Matti’s experiments are
documented here.
I did boxed version of this antenna for practical tests. Antenna construction presented with few pictures.
Slightly modified OH7SV schematics
Mechanics 80x110mm plastic box
Amplifier with SMD components but without PCB
During weekend we did some
field tests with this antenna and JUMA-RX1 HF receiver. Results where better what we expected. In interference free place this little antenna picks signals as good as poor wire antenna. Antenna is direction sensitive. This characteristic can be used to minimize or even zero interference signals if they come from one direction.
I found old TV set deflection circuit compensation coil. Coil was wounded with 28x0,15mm Litz wire. This is perfect stuff for low loss ferrite antenna primary winding.
