I always noticed the A99, same antenna, was noisier than a wire, I've been
told a vertical will always be noisier than a wire in the same location so I
always figured that was why, I could hear just fine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: imax-2000 continued.
>I was surprised at the noise when I compare it with the zepp. I cranked
>the
> rings all the way down, thinking that would help on 17. I might not have
> noticed the noise floor, if I didn't have another antenna to compare it
> to,
> except on fifteen.