On Jan 22, 9:32*am, wrote:
On Jan 22, 5:41*pm, wrote:







On Jan 22, 9:37 am, wrote:
You bring up an interesting point Ace - I did get a continuous signal
here and couldn't decide whether it was long path and short path at
the same time, or whether I was actually getting the moon bounce? Food
for thought!
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Terry wrote
John, if you are into building your own stuff you may wish to consider
building a variation of the PA0RDT
min-whip that Dallas Lankford came up with..

http://www.kongsfjord.no/dl/Antennas...0Complementary
%20Push-Pull%20Output%20Active%20Whip%20Antennas%20II.pdf

I live very close, within three miles, *to two *MW stations that drive
many active antennas, including the original PA0RDT
mini-whip into overload. Dallas's version is bullet proof. Any IMD
products are covered by the natural noise floor.

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Terry, Prof. Dallas is one of our greatest hobby experts but I think
my RF Systems DX1 Pro MkII will outperform his designs. The DX1 is
also bullet proof against close by stations, it has the highest IP3
point of any antenna on the market.

- As for the PAORDT mini-whip, it is a piece of junk
- that I should take off my listing = poor pickup and
- sucks up every bit of noise in the neighbourhood.

As for DIY, if I pick up a soldering iron I will do myself serious
damage and burn the house down = not an option for a 70 ear old dodo!

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A.
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop, PAORDT Roelof mini-whiphttp://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx- Hide quoted text -

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JP,

Well in your case and many others the PA0RDT Active
Mini-Whip Antenna might make a good Noise Sense
Antenna to use with a Noise Cancelling Antenna set-up.

PA0RDT-Mini-Whip {Active} Antenna - Inch-per-Inch - It Works !
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...c4666783b0a2f6

Which Noise Cancelling Antenna Would You Choose ?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...8d8e13b3edab85

FWIW - I still think that the Active Mini-Whip Antenna performs
better than the TINY-TENNA Active (Amplified) Antenna.
http://www.hamradiofun.com/tinytenna.htm

iane ~ RHF