G'day Don,
A couple of other simple ideas you might like to try as a low noise rx
antenna, as you seem to have plenty of real estate, is to try a couple of
low full-size horizontally polarised antennas.
1. A simple half wave dipole about 10' high, fed in the centre with a
voltage-type 1:1 balun. It will be virtually omni-directional but
discriminate against the predominantly vertically polarised noise.
2. A horizontal full wave loop, about 10' high, again fed via a
voltage-type 1:1 balun. This needn't be particularly symmetrical - it can
be squarish, rectangular, circular-ish, whatever you like.
Give 'em a try - you might be surprised.
Vy 73,
Steve, VK6VZ
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>Over Xmas holiday, I put up a 400' terminated Beverage, 10' high. It seems
>to be my quietest antenna, although not too directional. However, it is no
>panacea, picking up certain types of noise almost as strongly as it comes in
>on the vertical.
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>73, Don K4KYV
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