Pardon me if I mix my metaphors but, "Riddle me this, boy wonder".... Months ago, when I started on this mis-adventure, I purchased an Icom IC-910H, along with the Icom mast mount pre-amps. Now, I ca
I'm guessing that the devices which performed well were actually noise-matched and the others weren't; perhaps they were just tuned for maximum gain? Many component manufacturers supply the gamma (op
FWIW- I am no expert: How much gain did the preamps have? There is some discussion in listening for weak signals to try and keep the front end gain such that the ambient noise is not higher than the