Richard Clark wrote in message . ..
On 27 Sep 2004 15:40:25 -0700, (TheGnome)
wrote:
Hmm, this seems to go against all the advice I've gotten so far, about
getting as much of the antenna outside as possible...I find it hard to
believe that an active antenna is going to get better reception than a
75' wire, but if it does, than it does...
Hi OM,
Not sure what you are responding to, but the implication you offer of
an active antenna surviving in a field of noise better than a remote
antenna is a sure cause of wonderment.
73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC
A small active antenna can SOMETIMES really help in a nasty QRM situation.
By trying the antenna in mulitple locations, one can SOMETIMES find
a quit spot. Active antennas are near the bottom of my want list.
But, when I worked at the University of Kentucky, I was able to find a
fairly quit spot so we could receive WWV. It took several tries, but the
results were well worth the effort. We had a ESE WWV controlled master
clock. I would sometimes snag the antenna to to some SWL when I worked
at night. Loops and "long" wires, even dipoles cut for 10/15MHz were useless
because of all the class A digital noise makers in the studio equipment,
and the 2 PC labs that were close.
Terry