Hi Wolf and Graham

 

It was so nice to hear the band literally full of CW. And thanks for the info Wolf publishing your working conditions is very helpful. In my case I am interested in the RX side as well. I am currently using  on RX a 2m 7/8th whip at 50ft+- connected straight into my TS690s transceiver, have 500 / 250 filters fitted. Although signals are not strong they are all good copy and both sides of each qso was readable. The noise level was very low. If I use an open wire ant those signals I can hear are very strong but the far stations are lost in noise. So the noise I am getting is from the house  (mine and next door) low down. The whip seems mostly out of range of the worst noise. That may be of use to you Graham. However I know you are not the only one to suffer from the Xmas decorations at the moment. Also 472/9 seems a quieter part of MF than 501/4. The general noise floor on the SDR is lower but I don't know why.

 

73 es GL Pete M0FMT IO91UX