12-21-2010, 01:34 AM
Glen,
Thanks for your quick response, and your generous offer to possibly make your antenna available to me. The 41-295 came with a square loop made from two fairly large diameter wires, but it isn't able to rotate through more that ten or fifteen degrees within the cabinet. My understanding is that an earlier 1940 model had a loop that was constructed such that it was more rectangular and could be rotated to a much greater degree. I've seen the loop described as looking like a "muffler". Zenith had an early "Wave Magnet" that looks very much like what I have imagined this early Philco loop to be. The Zenith was also enclosed in what looks to be a cardboard box. Unfortunately, the box conceals the details of it's construction. If, in fact, Philco had a similarly constructed loop, I would like to find out more about the details, so I could attempt to duplicate it's construction. It would be helpful if I knew the exact dimensions and wire gauge used. Not sure if the actual wire composition, or type of material, would be that critical. Any thoughts?
Henry
Thanks for your quick response, and your generous offer to possibly make your antenna available to me. The 41-295 came with a square loop made from two fairly large diameter wires, but it isn't able to rotate through more that ten or fifteen degrees within the cabinet. My understanding is that an earlier 1940 model had a loop that was constructed such that it was more rectangular and could be rotated to a much greater degree. I've seen the loop described as looking like a "muffler". Zenith had an early "Wave Magnet" that looks very much like what I have imagined this early Philco loop to be. The Zenith was also enclosed in what looks to be a cardboard box. Unfortunately, the box conceals the details of it's construction. If, in fact, Philco had a similarly constructed loop, I would like to find out more about the details, so I could attempt to duplicate it's construction. It would be helpful if I knew the exact dimensions and wire gauge used. Not sure if the actual wire composition, or type of material, would be that critical. Any thoughts?
Henry
