No significant difference in most cases.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/3/2022 10:55 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
Which antenna can you more easily copy the station on? I would hope
the loop.
W0MU
On 1/2/2022 12:24 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 1/2/2022 7:29 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
The antenna is directional, as demonstrated by tuning in broadcast
stations at the high end of the AM band and separating stations on
the same frequency so that I can hear one or the other. Atmospheric
noise is 1-2 S units more on my inverted L than on the K9AY antenna,
but signal strengths of stations in the favored direction of the
loop seem about the same or a bit lower than the inverted L.
Hi Pete,
RX antennas don't make signals louder, but they improve the signal to
noise ratio, making them easier to copy -- IF your noise(s) is/are
not in the same direction as the signal.
73, Jim K9YC
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