No. The noise blanker is off.


Andy


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On Jul 20, 5:23 am, "Andy" wrote:
I have finally got my Cushcraft MA5B up in the air. But I am very
disappointed with it.

Is it normal for this antenna to have a lot of background noise behind
strong signals 9+?

The reason I ask is that I also own a cobwebb antenna and the side by side
comparison between them, there is no background hiss on the same strong
signals on the cobwebb S4 - 9+ but there is on the same signal on the MA5B
and it is enough to make listening on the MA5B very unpleasant even at
S9+.

Is this normal?

73 Andy

Dunno. Doesn't really make sense.. As far as receive, there should be
little difference between the two as far as s/n ratio.
I'm not sure if I'm buying that it's corona buildup. That would
depend on your climate, wx, etc..
Being as you seem to notice it most on the strongest signals,
I'd have to ask one thing first.
Is your noise blanker on?