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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:15:05 +0000
From: Scott Tilley <sthed475@telus.net>
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Subject: Re: LF: Re: Re: JA's NI and GM into AK (and VE7 Im sure!)
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Hi Jack

Build a RX loop. 

73 Scott


Jack wrote:
> Wow...I'm impressed...maybe depressed ;(
> I'm still not seeing NI, but it's no wonder with over 60 dB of noise 
> to contend with...HA.   I've been struggling with the 20/S9 noise 
> problem for so long now, I'm trying to make any sense as to whether to 
> continue on with this insane problem.  The notion that's it's going to 
> go away by itself is only a whimsical dream.  It's no wonder I can't 
> see the NI station, let alone even have a two way contact with VE7BDQ 
> with noise like this!    If I thought it was going to be this bad, I 
> think I would have had second thoughts of spending that much money on 
> a R75 receiver just for LF.  I know this receiver is known to be 
> really hot for LF, I just find it hard to believe there is that much 
> difference between my Icom 740 and transverter and the R75 as far as 
> sensitivity to "natural" background noise.  I'm talking about a 
> difference of going from <S1 noise to 20/S9 noise level, that's a ~68 
> dB increase!   It's hard to compare the two since one is on the 
> mini-whip..the mini-whip is no hell for receiving either even after 
> the mods.
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