Brian wrote:
"Steve" wrote in message
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Time to liven things up in here!

My intuition is that a modest sized, untuned, unamplified loop, fed
with a matching transformer, should be quieter and yield a better S/N
ratio than an amplified loop--even when the amplifier is itself very
'clean'. However, my attempts to build an unamplifed loop that is
quieter than--or even as quiet as--my Wellbrook suggest otherwise. Why
is this? Why doesn't an unamplified loop beat an amplified loop every
time when it comes to S/N ratio, assuming of course that it's large
enough to gather a healthy amount of signal to begin with? I'm
especially puzzled by this in light of the fact that the Wellbrook
appears not to be shielded in any way (or at any rate, that's what I
gather from a previous thread on that topic).

Steve

Hey Steve,

How's that ANC-4 been working with your Wellbrook?

-Brian

Thanks for asking. It's been working really well. I'm using it right
now, in fact. For the past couple of weeks I've also been playing
around with an RF Systems MTA antenna. Phasing it with the Wellbrook is
very effective.

Steve