{"id":47162,"date":"2021-01-05T07:42:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T11:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47162"},"modified":"2021-01-05T07:42:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T11:42:06","slug":"giuseppes-homebrew-rotating-ferrite-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/giuseppes-homebrew-rotating-ferrite-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"Giuseppe&#8217;s homebrew rotating ferrite antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Ferrite-Antenna-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47164\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Ferrite-Antenna-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Ferrite-Antenna-1.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Ferrite-Antenna-1-300x158.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Ferrite-Antenna-1-768x405.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Ferrite-Antenna-1-624x329.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/giuseppe-morle-iz0gzw\/\">Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW)<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Thomas,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW) from Formia, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, in Italy .<\/p>\n<p>I built this simple rotating directive ferrite antenna for medium waves and the 160 meters ham band.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the tube there are 2 ferrites with 43 cable windings and 3 for the coupling link that goes to the receiver.<\/p>\n<p>In this video the test as soon as I assembled everything &#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\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\/AmkdE2PKQFQ?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<blockquote><p>In broad daylight, it was 12.00 local time, you could hear well over 2000 km.<\/p>\n<p>The antenna is very directive and perfectly manages to separate several stations on a single frequency.<\/p>\n<p>The pipes are in plastic for plumbing use (PVC), I bought only that one, 5 Euros, the rest is all recycled.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to share this simple and very functional project of mine with the SWLing Post community.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks and I wish everyone a better year.<\/p>\n<p>Greetings from Italy.<br \/>\nGiuseppe iz0gzw.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you, Giuseppe! What a simple, effective antenna project. I like how you&#8217;ve invested so little and recycled parts from other projects. I also love your view there looking south over the Tyrrhenian Sea! What a great place for radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who writes: Dear Thomas, I&#8217;m Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW) from Formia, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, in Italy . I built this simple rotating directive ferrite antenna for medium waves and the 160 meters ham band. Inside the tube there are 2 ferrites with 43 cable windings and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3607,627,433,3],"tags":[6773,7938,9073,5895,1646,5791,4099],"class_list":["post-47162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-how-to","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am-antennas","tag-am-broadcast-antennas","tag-directional-dual-ferrite-antenna","tag-ferrite","tag-ferrite-antennas","tag-giuseppe-morle-iz0gzw","tag-mediumwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cgG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64826,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/giuseppes-clever-homebrew-ferrite-antenna-for-mw-and-sw-listening\/","url_meta":{"origin":47162,"position":0},"title":"Giuseppe&#8217;s Clever Homebrew Ferrite Antenna for MW and SW Listening","author":"Thomas","date":"December 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, who writes: Dear Thomas, I\u2019m Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, IZ0GZW, from Formia in central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. 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