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 we reach the Thousand Islands, we will get busy with our loop aerial and find you by radio compass," he promised.

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

And in our loop aerial at Ocean Point you noticed that the receptivity of the tube was modified when we touched it with our fingers.”

From The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery by Chapman, Allen

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 Chapman, Allen

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