YouLoop 0 Signal?! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / rf-microwave

author: Lord of nothing
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2022, 10:08:32 pm
content: HiI got mine a while ago and sadly I get 0 signal. When I connect/ use my MLA30 everything works fine. Do I must set something to get them Work?Thanks

author: A.Z.
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2022, 09:21:33 am
content: Quote from: Lord of nothing on August 17, 2022, 10:08:32 pmIf I understood it correctly, you bougth it, didn't build it yourself; now... did you buy the original one or a chinese clone ? Because, see, those clones are "sub optimal" to say the best

author: A.Z.
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2022, 09:30:34 am
content: forgot, if you want to give a try to a loop antenna, consider this onethe pattern of such an antenna is as follows

author: A.Z.
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2022, 01:02:21 pm
content: Just in case, the antenna design and details are now publichttps://swling.com/blog/2022/08/introducing-the-amazing-sula-an-affordable-unidirectional-dx-grade-loop-antenna-that-you-can-build/it has been a pretty long process (design, simulate and test) but for a two man band (me and Ollie) it isn't a bad result, I think

author: Lord of nothing
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2022, 04:23:43 pm
content: QuoteYes sure!And I use an Clone MLA30 (i guess).

author: A.Z.
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2022, 05:47:43 pm
content: Quote from: Lord of nothing on August 18, 2022, 04:23:43 pmyes... what?as for the mla30, then you have a clone of a clone of a clone... LOLgetting back to the youloop the only parts which may fail are the bottom box with the balun and the top cross junction box; notably, in china clones of the youloop the coax is junk (braid sucks), and the balun, if there, is junk too

author: Lord of nothing
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 18, 2022, 08:09:01 pm
content: I got this:https://www.ebay.de/itm/274398804823What can I test? Do I have to set something to power them?Thanks

author: A.Z.
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2022, 08:07:01 am
content: Quote from: Lord of nothing on August 18, 2022, 08:09:01 pmChecking the original site for the YouLoophttps://airspy.com/youloop/the "RTL-SDR blog" is listed as one of the sellers and the eBay link you posted should be legit, so ... yes, I think you have the original antenna; as for what to test, if you look at the AirSpy page, you'll see that the YouLoop is a simple, passive loopso there's nothing to "power" the only thing you could do is pick a multimeter and use it to verify the various connections to see if there's a broken one, as a note the "issue" has been reported by other YouLoop users, the upper "cross connect" box and the lower "balun" box are quite delicate and, twisting the cables and/or the connector may easily break the internal connections, if that's the case then, aside from attempting a repair, the only other option is to return the unit as defective; in such a case you may try contacting the seller (RTL-SDR)https://www.rtl-sdr.com/asking for infos and or guidance before returning the item