Active HF antennas/DX engineering
 

Anyone have experience in using something like a DX engineering active
antenna? I want to set up a remote receiver. However i need something
that would perform as well on receive as a Single 1/4 wave vertical
on all bands. I thought about using a Steppir antenna, but something
like the DX engineering active antenna seems more appealing. If anyone
has homebrewed a active antenna pre-amp with good blocking, and
intercept points i would like the info. I thought about using a couple
of 2n5109's 2 stages, however impedance matching and buffer high
impedance stage to match to a whip seems to be a black art. A homebrew
solution would be more appealing.

Will