Building a Cheap DF Loop Antenna

Wyoming Survival

I was searching for Direction Finding loop antennas for my EComms class I’m teaching next month and was not happy about the prices of these antennas. So then I did the next best thing and started searching for plans for building the DF antenna. I found 1 video on making one using coax cable but I don’t have the tools to put coax connectors onto the cable so that plan went out the window.

I went to Arrow antenna website looking at their DF loop antenna to see if I could gather any info I could use to make my own. On their site they say the circumference of their VHF antenna is 18 inches. It looks like there is a simple connector that connects it to the radio and insulator on top of the antenna. After looking it over I figured I could make that easy.

I started off…

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It’s Hard to Fight When You are Hungry

Wyoming Survival

I always wonder why people in the prepper/survivalist community mainly focus on guns and gear. You don’t get as many subscribers or likes posting about food storage I’m guessing.

I believe after you have bought your first AR15/AK47, magazines, and ammo the next step is a food storage program for you and your family. Remember if you can’t protect it you don’t own it.

Last years food shortages should be enough to encourage even the biggest skeptic on why you need more than three days worth of food put away at the house. I believe the shortages are going to get worse. We have farm equipment shortages. We have this horrible drought in the west. We have a trucker shortage. We have worker shortages. This could end up extremely bad by this winter. Hopefully it doesn’t but we need to be ready if it turns south.

My idea of food…

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