Mark: I certainly believe in buying a nice receiver, but honestly, the
difference in performance I got switching from a horizontal loop near the house
to a "Doty style" antenna that's 225 feet away from the house was more dramatic
than you'd find if you compared the performance of my best military receiver
with a decent portable if they both used the same antenna.

Very interesting. Had you compared the performances of the mentioned receivers
on each antenna? In other words, did you find that the "Doty" helped the
portable more than it helped the military receiver? Or something like that.

Bill, K5BY