Thread: Why Antenna Tuners Aren't Necessarily Useful for Shortwave Listening - Question Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna Tuners - Do You Have An Opinion ?
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Old March 8th 06, 08:27 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
Bob Miller
 
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Default Why Antenna Tuners Aren't Necessarily Useful for Shortwave Listening - Question Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna Tuners - Do You Have An Opinion ?
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:40:32 GMT, David wrote:

On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:05:33 GMT, Bob Miller
wrote:

Still, you have that wonderfully sensitive receiver, and your balun
hasn't changed the signal to noise ratio; it's only made everthing
louder. Same argument he's using against antenna tuners :-)

bob
k5qwg

It does help signal:noise. It keeps the antenna away from the house.

And the rest of the noise? Powerlines, atmospheric noise, heterodynes,
etcetera? And do you really think coax keeps manmade noise out?

bob
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