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Old October 12th 03, 02:52 AM
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Anyone of those coax types will work just fine. I just looked at that
antenna, and it seems awfully small.


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You're right its not very big. About 7' tall and 1.25" in diameter.
Its helically wound internally with a built in MLB. In the past Ive had up
the antennas you seem to have ,, a 200' wire and later a 70' wire with an
MLB. Without any doubt I can say the MTA outperformed my 70'
wire with MLB. With the 70' wire I had, noise ruined most weak signal
stuff, that I can get fairly easily now. I don't have the room for a 200'er
anymore cause I don't live on a double lot anymore. The MTA is one
of the most quiet antennas Ive ever used and most of the time more
signal isn't the answer, lower noise is.


Yes, it's quiet because it's just a 7' wire antenna.

I think short of a true longwire
with a MLB, the only thing thats going to beat the MTA is a antenna
cut for a specific freq. IMO.


That's hard to believe, as I stated above, it's just a 7' wire antenna with a matching
transformer. Nothing more, nothing less. I'd put my 70' wire, with the matching transformer up
against it any day. However, if noise is your issue, I guess what works, works.

You are right the Dutch want a lot of
money for their stuff. But it does seem to be pretty indestructible,
where I have had wires brought down by ice and wind. Im not saying
its the best for all occasions but its a very good compromise for
general SW listening.

Jeff

Jeff


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Old October 12th 03, 10:36 PM
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Yes, it's quiet because it's just a 7' wire antenna.


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No its more than 7'. The instructions that come with it clearly state it is
a helically wound antenna with so much percent in the horizontal plane and so
many percent being in the vertical plane so its more than a 7' wire inside. If
it were just a 7' wire it would all be in the vertical plane. In all likelyhood its
probably more on the order of somewhere between 20 and 30' in a helical
arrangement. Whether or not its worth 200.00$ I guess is another story.
for me I think it is, its indestructable, it has withstood 70 mph winds, it has
a nice stainless steel mount making it easy to grd. right at the antenna. It is
filled with a urethane foam to keep out moisture and prevent it from making
noise when blowing around, and like you say it works quite well. And it
most definately worked better than my 70' wire with its S-1 to S-3 noise
level.


Jeff


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