2E0ILY wrote:

> I  need to work on my RX, my station seems deaf in comparison to many
> other  UK  ones, so I am going to investigate what I can do to improve
> things

Chris, What receiver are you using? By how much does the background 
noise go down when you disconnect the antenna (ideally replacing the 
antenna with a 50-ohm resistor)? Do you have any local QRM? Are you 
using a separate receive antenna, or the transmitting one?

Mike, G3XDV
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