Bigger is better providing your receiver can handle the greater signal
levels without overloading. If not, you will be frustrated with all the
spurious (false) signals to be found throughout the receiver's tuning
range.


Point taken !

to guard against this, I bought a MFJ 1046 Pre selector;
If theres an overload situation on a frequency thats bothersome,
you flip it on

Knocks a few DB off the desired signal

- ANd all the wierd overloady stuff goes away !
Nice..

On the other side of this longwire antenna / pre selector
is the Icom R-75,
which has two amps,
that help bring up the strength of the weaker signals.

- I've picked up some of the radio traffic from Diego Garcia, and some
airport " transponders ( ??) from Santa Maria ( canary Islands)
- so the set up can't be all that bad.. !

Dan