[Elecraft] RX noise and 2-wire lines

[Grant Youngman]

There is a lot of information here … http://www.lz1aq.signacor.com.  I’ve been considering building something along these lines

Grant NQ5T

> On Oct 28, 2019, at 8:04 PM, David Thompson via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> I would like to know more about your receive antenna. At my home, I deal with S7-S9+ noise and am looking for some way to be able to operate besides FT8.
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> Thanks…
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> David Thompson, AG7TX
> Jack of All Trades
> Master of None
> dbthompson at me.com
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>> On Oct 28, 2019, at 14:31, Drew AF2Z <pubx1 at af2z.net> wrote:
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>> My RX antenna is a pair of small amplified stacked loops. It uses the LZ1AQ amplifier board fed with common FTP (foil twisted pair) cable, which provides the supply voltage, control lines and a shielded twisted pair for the signal. I don't think you can get any better noise isolation than that.
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>> It is a lot quieter than my transmitting antennas; lower signal levels as well, but often a better signal-to-noise ratio than the transmit antennas.
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>> 73,
>> Drew
>> AF2Z
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