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Originally Posted by Bob Bob
- You'll generally find that a horizontally polarised antenna will
receive less local noise than a vertical. Note I am not talking about
close noises sources (say less than 100 yards) but those up to a ground
wave distances away.
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Oh, I didn't realize that part. I assumed this was to address the closest noise sources.
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Originally Posted by Bob Bob
- It is also conceivable that what you perceive as noise may even be fundamental overload of the receiver front end with strong signals.
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I agree there. In some cases I can use the antenna trimmer on the SW7600GR to improve the signal.
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Originally Posted by Bob Bob
- I should point out that I have heard anecdotal evidence that a magloop antenna receives less noise but I have never found out why. I dont know
if your active loop antenna is one of these.
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I guess I'm not sure if there are any differences between a magloop and an active loop antenna. Most of what I know about active loop antennas is from this antenna review:
http://www.radiointel.com/review-degende31.htm
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Originally Posted by Bob Bob
Probably not all that helpful, sorry.
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I definitely appreciate the response! It encourages me to keep trying.