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

When the man we're after is sending, we swing the loop aerial around until the signals reach their loudest tone.

From The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize by Allen Chapman

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 J. W. Duffield

These consist of a combination of a loop aerial and a compass and a radio receiving set.

From The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize by Allen Chapman

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 A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins