> > Excuse me if this has been asked. I was wondering if anyone on here has > ever used or is currently using the ICE 196 Receiver Protector? What's your > opinion? I have been using them for some time. I suspect they protect receivers OK. I did have to put a bandpass filter ahead of mine. On nights with very good propagation I found my noise floor would rise, sometimes by 40 dB or more! Investigation revealed this did not happen with the ICE 196 removed, and did not happen with a band pass filter in front of the ICE 196. It seems to be ionospheric propagated signals overloading the protector. I found some extremly strong MW BC and SW BC up around 5 to 6 MHz on the nights this was happening. This is with 500 to 600 foot Beverages. I do not have any nearby BC stations.
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