Sun Tzu wrote in
:

There are 2 noise reducing units on the market I am considering for
purchase either one, MFJ-1025 1.5 - 30 MHz Noise Canceling Antenna and
the Timewave ANC-4.

A number of yrs ago I made my one and only purchase of "Mighty Fine
Junk" and have'nt been back since.

So I need some input here. Which unit is better and why.

I have an MFJ-1026. The little noise whip that came with it had the
wrong thread in its base, but no huhu, I just wedged a pen top in beside
it to hold it against the pin. Sometimes it's no help, but other times
it's spectacular, especially with some big splashy TV birdie that I get
here a lot (I think it's in the building here but there are 45 suites, 15
of them on the back of the building where I am and a lot of commercial
garbage within a block. That TV birdie can be 20 over 9 on my old Ten
Tec 546B (which has a very parsimonious S-meter) on 75 and I can drop it
to inaudible in the S4 hash.

Haven't tried the Timewave job, but they both work on the same principle,
which is to pick up the noise with a separate antenna and amplifier and
vary the gain and the phase until you cancel it out against the version
from the main antenna.

It has certainly helped me work a number of stations that could not be
heard without it.

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Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667