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by sebastien
Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:46 pm
Forum: SDR Antennas
Topic: Antenna mystery : UHF/VHF antenna better than longwire ?!
Replies: 4
Views: 21449

Re: Antenna mystery : UHF/VHF antenna better than longwire ?!

@ NK7Z : I live in an urban setting and cannot put big antennas outside. With a small passive indoor antenna why kill the LNA (I don't use AGC) ? @ JMG : if I understand well, what you mean is that SDRs such as SDRplay behave more like a consumer radio than a hardware receiver and are way too sensit...
by sebastien
Sun Sep 04, 2016 1:13 pm
Forum: SDR Antennas
Topic: Antenna mystery : UHF/VHF antenna better than longwire ?!
Replies: 4
Views: 21449

Antenna mystery : UHF/VHF antenna better than longwire ?!

Hi ! First, let me know that I love my SDRplay, it is a great receiver that compete with much higher hardware receivers that are more expensive :) That said I am confronted to a mystery I cannot explain : on HF, I obtain way better reception with an indoor bi-band 144/430 magmount antenna, 35 centim...