Tdonaly wrote:
Cecil wrote,
Beams seem to "know" how to receive a signal from one direction while
ignoring noise from the opposite direction. My horizontal dipole seems
to "know" how to ignore vertically polarized noise.

Yes, but does your small, inefficient, shielded loop improve the
signal-to-noise ratio in the directions of its maximum gain over say,
a non shielded loop?

Depends upon the source of the noise. I remember a small shielded loop
being effective against localized electrical noise in my college dorm.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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