My guess is that he chose to use tape and zip ties to avoid using metal to mount the loop to the plastic pipe. If it does not last, it should be fairly easy to remove and try something else.

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Good question. From my point of view, the original loop is perfectly sufficient. While copper is a better electrical conductor than stainless steel, I have my doubts whether this fact really justifies the great effort. A tall mast is also not really necessary for this type of antenna. But that's just my personal opinion. However, a thicker antenna cable definitely makes sense.

And then inserting a thicker electrical cable into the hula hoop. Has the same effect. 🙂

Or wrap with aluminum tape For more skin in the game?@@andreasg7834

The man doesn't understand it at all. :D It's missing the primary loop, etc...

Not much, although copper is a better electrical conductor. The original loop is okay. It only wobbles more in the wind. 🙂

It’s so annoying when they do that

Yes, he ignores everything. 😞

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Because the circuitry inside can't handle transmitting power. It's made for receive only.

You would most certainly destroy the device used as a preamp. I suspect an LMH6550 Op Amp/line driver or similar device. To transmit, you would have to build a keying circuit that utilizes a relay to quickly switch the preamp out of the circuit during transmit, and bypass the radio's final output directly to the antenna. This would also require an impedance match or a tuner to set SWR to the loop. The copper tubing would indeed be able to handle most wattages but the tuning would be a factor and the circular shape might be a problem. Most antennas are linear, vertically, or horizontally polarized. A circularly polarized transmission would lose half of its power if received by a linear antenna, oriented vertically or horizontally. The benefits of the magnetic loop as a receive antenna would not apply to the outgoing signal.

The current draw for the antenna is very low. Maybe your power bank is switching off automatically because it's such a low current? Might be worth trying another power bank.

Mine did this too and figured out what was going on. I believe if the biasing tee doesn't see a signal it will auto power off. In other words hook up all your kit and power up the box with your portable. It worked for me. Lmk if it helps you

The packs shut down because it's drawing too little power. Add a load to keep it alive.

It wasn't - it's not a continuous loop, that's what he was showing with the meter....He had two pieces of copper, I assume because he didn't have one continuous piece. He only joined one side copper to copper.

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@@ArcziBordini you're writing bullshit. :D

It will add more noise to the antenna.

Soldering the connections makes for a much more professional looking result.

@@tempest411 Huh?

@@jn1lfd What do you mean by "Huh"?

@@jn1lfdI can assure you, that soldering was not professional! Due to the heatsink effect of the large amount of copper, that was just a badly done blob. Basically, a dry solder joint.

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Stops the pipe from collapsing when you bend it.

@@dorsetdumpling5387 I guessed that was the thinking behind it, yes, but I don't see how it could work.

@@TonyLing It works. You can also fill PVC pipe with sand and use a heat gun to bend it into arcs. The sand supports the interior walls so they wont just collapse.

​@@j.allenhood7429I had a pool installer show me a trick. He dug the trench to fit the system, then hit a length of one or two inch PVC with a brush torch to make the pipe plastic and then just dropped like a snake and it laid in just perfect!

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