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"John Plimmer" wrote:

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Perhaps my local noise floor is "good enough" that whatever benifit
the Wellbrook offers is lost. I am trading the newly aquired ALA
1530 to an acquaintance who lives in downtown Lexington for a
Datong AD370 that was only used for a few weeks.

He is aware of my doubts about the ALA1530's ability but says he
has nothing to loose. When I get a copy of the WL1030 built we will
test it at his condo.


I have a Datong AD-270 = very noisy antenna. My DX pals have
ALA1530's and I would exchange the Datong for a Wellbrook anyday.

What do you mean by noisy?

Since this is an amplified antenna the amplifier will add its own
noise, which can be a little or a lot or maybe you mean the
antenna/amplifier has a lot of gain where the atmospheric noise is loud
or maybe you mean it picks up a lot of local noise sources.

Since you are comparing it to a loop I am guessing you mean you expect
the Wellbrook to pick up less in the way of local noise sources?

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Telamon
Ventura, California