loop aerial

British  

noun

1. Also called: frame aerial.  Sometimes shortened to: loop.  an aerial that consists of one or more coils of wire wound on a frame. Maximum radiation or reception is in the plane of the loop, the minimum occurring at right angles to it

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Conspicuous atop the cabin was a big loop aerial.

From Time Magazine Archive

AERIAL, LOOP.—Also called a coil aerial, coil antenna, loop aerial, loop antenna and when used for the purpose a direction finder.

From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

In a loop aerial, eight miles up, it might sound like a spark-plug, or it might sound like something else.

From Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 by Leinster, Murray

The loop aerial, a collapsible affair, was set up in the cabin and connected in such manner that it could be used for receiving simultaneously with the use of the outside aerial for sending.

From The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands by Duffield, J. W.

"Have you a good map of the Thousand Island region?" inquired the loop aerial operator.

From The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands by Duffield, J. W.