SNR is unimportant if you cannot hear the signal in the first place !!!!!!! If one is plagued with environmental noise and poor signal quality on LF/MF then maybe this is not the band for You. Try an
Jim For a radio amateur you could start with a compromise. Get a modest sized 120 ft mast and run out a V- Beam configuration say each leg 600 feet long, each wire secured at the far ends to similar
Roger You are missing the point. The argument is about small hand held antennas versus large wire arrays fit for purpose to receive weak amateur radio signals at AUDIO strength to enable one to have
Hi Mal, How do normal humans, living in semi-detached homes with tiny gardens, erect a "modest sized" 120 foot mast with 600 foot legs? :-) The issue is maximising RX S/N by whatever means are availa