I need a sanity check. I fellow told me he was getting a balun to get a
better match between his receiver and antenna to get a better signal to
noise ratio. I told him he was wasting his time and money because a better
match increases transfer of both signal and noise. But since he already can
hear the signal he doesn't need any more. Now if he was to get a more
directional antenna he would get a reduction in noise from the undesired
direction.

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Hank WD5JFR