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Old April 15th 05, 03:59 PM
Cecil Moore
 
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Wes Stewart wrote:
A balun *might* improve SNR at hf if the "feedline antenna" is more
susceptible to locally generated noise than the "real antenna" is.


That's apparently the case at my QTH, Wes. The localized
vertically polarized power line noise was about two S-units
on my 40m vertical attempt which rendered it useless for
weak signal DX purposes.
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73, Cecil, W5DXP


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