lu6etj wrote:
Dear friends

It is usually said (in my country) that the double bazooka antenna is
less noisy than a standard dipole.
I think that there are not good reasons that endorse such a statement
for noises coming from the far field (maybe it has some advantage with
near field noises or maybe because its frequency response cures some
pitfails of the associated receiver).

I tested an IAC double bazooka, and it is no different than a regular
dipole. It has very slightly less signal level, and very slightly more
bandwidth. Not enough to worry about. No measurable difference in
noise.

73 Tom