{"id":31772,"date":"2018-04-26T07:15:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T11:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31772"},"modified":"2018-04-26T07:15:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T11:15:49","slug":"video-homebrew-am-loop-antenna-project-by-thomas-cholakov-n1spy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/video-homebrew-am-loop-antenna-project-by-thomas-cholakov-n1spy\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Homebrew AM Loop Antenna Project by Thomas Cholakov (N1SPY)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AM-Loop-Antenna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31774\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AM-Loop-Antenna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AM-Loop-Antenna.jpg 767w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AM-Loop-Antenna-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AM-Loop-Antenna-624x410.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/tommy-cholakov-n1spy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Cholakov (N1SPY)<\/a>, who shares his latest video explaining the operation of a simple homebrew AM loop antenna:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PRMxfhLN_Ns?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PRMxfhLN_Ns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brilliant video, Thomas! I love the fact you included a demonstration with your <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/a-review-of-the-sdrplay-rsp1a-software-defined-radio\/\">SDRplay RSP1A<\/a> as well. Via the spectrum display, it&#8217;s easy to see the the loop&#8217;s bandwidth and also the gain it provides when tuned to a station.<\/p>\n<p>I love your AM loop antenna as well&#8211;such a simple design and ideal for demonstrating the mechanics of a passive loop antenna since all of the components are visible. I&#8217;m willing to bet you built this antenna for less than $10. Smart design as it&#8217;s both portable and effective! Keep up the excellent work, Thomas! We look forward to all of your future videos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Thomas Cholakov (N1SPY), who shares his latest video explaining the operation of a simple homebrew AM loop antenna: Click here to view on YouTube. Brilliant video, Thomas! I love the fact you included a demonstration with your SDRplay RSP1A as well. Via the spectrum display, it&#8217;s easy to see the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3607,627,433,3,304],"tags":[4339,4359,4667,4357,3417,6247],"class_list":["post-31772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-antennas","category-how-to","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-videos","tag-am-passive-loop-antenna","tag-homebrew-mag-loop-antenna","tag-loop-antennas","tag-mag-loop-antennas","tag-magnetic-loop-antennas","tag-tommy-cholakov-n1spy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8gs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31920,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/bill-scores-a-homebrew-lw-mw-magnetic-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":31772,"position":0},"title":"Bill scores a homebrew LW\/MW magnetic loop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"May 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Hemphill (WD9EQD) who shares the following: I went to the Warminster Amateur Radio Club (WARC) hamfest [yesterday] in Bucks County, PA. 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