I also live in a very quiet location. But put up a directional one-wavelength Beverage pointed at Europe, Asia, Oceana, or Africa, and you'll see how much noise that you *really* have! :-)
73, Mike www.w0btu.com Please see my Beverage antenna information there On Tue, Aug 7, 2018, 5:53 PM chacuff <chac...@cableone.net> wrote: > I don't have problems with noise...which may be why RX antennas don't > perform a whole lot better than my TX antenna. I wouldn't say it's > extremely quiet but it's not excessively noisy. Hope to play more with > antennas this fall and winter. > > Cecil > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Mike Waters <mikew...@gmail.com> > Date: 8/7/18 4:58 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: Phil Duff <n...@suddenlink.net> > Cc: topband <topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Re: Topband: making a bev seem longer > > A loop such as that has a very narrow null at very low angles, and > therefore it's usually not very effective for anything except for local RFI > or another local ham. For power line or nearby QRN, it's useful. But that's > about it. There are much better RX antennas. > > 73, Mike > www.w0btu.com > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018, 7:37 PM Phil Duff <n...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > > > > On Aug 6, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Cecil Acuff <chac...@cableone.net> wrote: > > > Wish I could find an effective RX antenna that showed a great s/n > > improvement over the L. > > > > Look into a magnetic loop such as the design by N6RK as described in a > > past NCJ: > > > > http://www.n6rk.com/loopantennas/NCJ_loop_antenna_N6RK.pdf > > > > I use one on 160/80 and find it effective at improving the S/N ratio over > > my vertically polarized 160m and 80m transmit antennas. > > > > > > de Phil NA4M > > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband