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A portable (15.5 foot diameter) NVIS loop for 3.5 to 7.3 MHz. Performs well at high and low takeoff angles, and has smaller footprint than most NVIS antennas.

A QRSS beacon on 30 meter band project wind and solar powered based on a loop antenna.

These antennas are larger versions of the small loop antennas that were part of the cardboard back panel of older AC/DC five tube AM radios. Loop antennas of this type were popular in the very early days of radio. They are still useful today for long distance reception of AM radio stations

Phased Spaced Active Whips and Broadband Loops by WA1ION

This antenna was conceived mainly for high-speed digital transmission via satellite. The antenna is made of two full waves loops , mounted at right angles to each other. Then coupled together, 90 degrees out of phase over a horizontal circular reflector. With this configuration the antenna is omni directional and circularly polarized.

A free Labview antenna calculator program. This interesting calculator for small loop antennas can be ran on most recent Windows versions using the Labview runtime.

It is very compact, low noise and directive with an impressive 20 to 25 dB front to back

The Hentenna is an Asymmetrical Double Rectangle (ADR) Loop Antenna originally designed by Japanese Hams operating on the 6 m Band in the 1970s.

The Hermiston Amateur Radio Club evolved from an informal coffee break in the late 1970's. The group met to discuss amateur radio topics and to support the 147.03 repeater. It was located at Ernie Netter's on Loop Road.

A loop antenna for 80 and 40 meters band, the main loop is based by a crossed line using aluminium strip lines. The main loop diameter is 150 cm.

Magnetism is manifested as a 'field of vectors', that is, any point in the magnetic field has not only a magnitude, but a direction in space. The four Maxwell equations describe how electric and magnetic vector fields behave and interact.

The antenna described in this article is for 50 MHz, but the design can be scaled for any band, including VHF, UHF, or even the higher HF bands. The antenna is nothing more than a square loop of wire, approximately 30" (or ~76cm) per side. The loop is fed in the middle of one side, and the opposite side to the feed point has a gap in it.

A home made magnetic loop for HF Bands. This small and compact loop is designed to support small power transmissions on HF bands, from 7 MHz to 21 MHz

Sanyo Eneloop rechargeable AA batteries. For QRP purposes, these batteries are great as a 10-cell pack

An experimental antenna for HF reception. It consists of a single loop element mounted on the ground. It is stealthy, small, and quiet. EZ-NEC plots and on-air test results are included.

The Magloop Antenna Calculator was developed to predict the characteritics of a small-loop (aka magloop) antenna, given physical dimensions entered via slider widgets. This magnetic loop antenna calculator works also on most mobile devices, adjusting sliders and calculating dimensions in real time.

An experimento of a 40 meter delta loop antenna both in horizontal and vertical polarization and several elevation angles with interesting notes about the effect of the radial field under the antenna.

This Guide helps you to build the 1:2 BalUn 600 Watts DIY kit step by step. If a delta-loop or quad-loop antenna is powered with a coax cable from the transceiver it is necessary to use a 1:2 BalUn. This 1:2 BalUn uses a symmetrical 1:2 impedance transformer.

Maker of small and compact multiband QRP UltraLight Magnetic Loop Antennas and UnUn transformer for end-fed multiband antennas

Null Modem cable with loop back handshaking

Quads beams consist of 2 1 wavelength (approximately) loops, ordinarily arranged so that one is the driven element and the other is the reflector. In this project author explains how to build a two element Quad Antenna for the 28 MHz.

A 160 Metre Transmitting and Receiving Thin Wire Magnetic Loop Capable of DX. Designed and Patented by Ben Edginton G0CWT

A portable operation experience with a SpiderBeam pole during a contest, testing wire antennas, like dipole and delta loops configurations on 20 40 and 80 meters band.

Free ham radio utilities written in LabVIEW includes Open Wire Calculator, Dipole Peak/Null Angle Calculator, a Coil-Shortened Antenna Calculator ad interesting Round Coil Inductance Calculator and a Skyloop Antenna Calculator

A small, easy to build, copper tube magnetic loop antenna for the 2 meters band. In Italian

A homemade delta loop antenna for six meters band in German

This project details the construction and testing of a M0PLK Delta Loop antenna for the 20-10m ham radio bands. Inspired by positive reviews highlighting its reduced local QRM compared to Cobweb antennas, the author built the antenna using aluminum tubes, DX-Wire FS2 wire, and a 1:4 balun. A mix of custom 3D-printed parts and careful assembly ensured stability and performance. Initial VSWR measurements met expectations, and test QSOs demonstrated success across multiple bands. Future enhancements include adding a lightweight, remote-controlled rotator for directional capabilities.

The structure of this dual band VHF UHF antenna is very simple. It consists of two identical square loops, whose sides measure a quarter wave, connected together at the ends. A project by I5NZR

A portable setup of the ICOM IC-705 with portable VHF UHF and and HF Alex Loop antenna, managed with a portable Raspberry PI 3 setup.

Basic magnetic loop antenna examples and loop aerials theory explained. This article inclued some interesting tricks on building magnetic loop antennas and an usefull excell sheet to help compute magneti loop antennas calculating power efficiency from 10 to 40 meters band

Amateur radio loop antenna project using a Comet CVBA-500BC vacuum variable capacitor.

A Shielded Low Frequency Loop Antenna, allows Simultaneous Transmission and Reception at the Same Site.

Four or Five turn one meter loop antenna for 80 and 160 meter band. This home made receive only antena can be assembled in a small place.

BIKELOOP is a VLF home made antenna. This antenna is a double magnetic loop composed by two orthogonal loops. This document describe how the prototype was built, the purpose is to give some construction hints to people who wants to try this kind of antenna. Mathematical and electrical details are described as well

This magnetic loop DIY site is ment to be an introduction into making DX high quality magnetic loop antennas that will beat any dipole

The magnetic loop, thus named by the use of the magnetic component of the electromagnetic field, is a parallel circuit LC. In this article a sample project to home made a custom antenna. The circular form is often met on the commercial models but this antenna can be hexagonal, octagonal or square.

No matching adjustments needed. Directly perfect match to 50 Ohms using a remotely switched wideband transformer

A magnetic loop antenna designed for 14 MHz. This kind of antennas is also known as STL, small transmitting loop and can be an excellent solution when you are not allowed to put antennas on your roof

When experimenting with the WellGood Loop antenna, I came across the PA0RDT MiniWhip design referenced in several places. The construction of the PA0RDT MiniWhip is simpler than the WellGood Loop since there are no inductors to wind, but during my testing, I have found the loop to have slightly better performance.

Building A Full-Wave Quad Loop Antenna for 6 Meters. This is an easy antenna to build and the materials cost about $15-20. It exhibits 1.8dB gain over a 1/2-wave dipole. Using an open-wire parallel feedline (commonly called ladder line) with an antenna tuner, it tunes up on the 10m band as a 5/8-wave loop as well

A light portable 2 element Delta beam antenna for 14 MHz. It is basically a two element delta loop wire antenna made for portable usage providing good directivity and a 4.2 dBd gain

Fractional Wave Loops antennas are a sort of magnetic loop antennas that differs in several aspects from the standard ones. Author is now SK however in his page he posted several examples and interesting links

This project is a full wavelength, horizontal, loop antenna for the 40 metre Amateur Radio band, built using insulated copper wire in a diamond shape, supported by egg insulators, tethered to 4 masts, each 6.5m high

This active antenna for the shortwave band provides surprising performance, even indoors. As the name implies, the main loop is made from a Hula-Hoop with the metallic paint stripped off and a single turn of 14AWG copper wire inserted inside the hoop.

The use of an isolation interface between the radio and the pc is higly recommended,in order to avoid the problems that could be caused from ground loops. This project includes schematic and assembly instructions

Handmade drawing of a 3 bands single loop, portable quad antenna used by the author during his dx pedition in Kenya as 5H3FM. This antenna is done using 3 telescopic spreaders and the spreader kit for 1 element quad by spiderbeam.

2 Wavelength ,2 Meter Bi-Square Beam , 5dbd gain. This antennas are very cheeap to build and their radiation pattern is similar to a figure 8 with maximum signal through the loop but they may be used as a near-omnidirectional antenna

Jeri Ellsworthhas started a video series devoted to building a magnetic loop antenna for the 160- and 80-meter bands. The first video, included after the break, is an overview of the rationale behind a magnetic loop

Author found a ratio between the lengths of the sides of the Delta Loop that give reasonably low SWR into a 50 ohm coaxial cable almost independent of the high above ground and other surroundings. This ratio also gives good results no matter orientation. Includes an online delta loop antenna calculator.

This online web application allows you to train the decoding of Morse code by copying random QSO sentences that can be looped or even mixed.