Follow-up on Multi-turn Magnetic Loop Antennas

I modified the Steve Yates (AA5TB) magnetic Loop Design spreadsheet to accommodate multi-turn magnetic loop antennas. It appears to work. I used a different formula for the radiation resistance to account for the multiple turns.. The following is a comparison of the original and the modified spreadhseets showing a one turn case:

The following shows a 2 turn loop case, one with the same diameter and another with half diameter:

I have added the modified spreadsheet to the Projects tab. Will try and test this out on my 40m loop with the 3D printed High Voltage Capacitor soon.

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