At 05:42 AM 5/1/04, you wrote: >Hello, > >Has anyone done this mod to the Mark 5? How has it performed for you? Yes -- it is trivially easy. It seems to me, by ear, that the change in gain distribution usefully reduces background noise. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated on April 26, 2004 2706 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm