Thanks to everyone who replied (many off list)! I will be working
through personal replies and follow-ups but have spent most of the
last 24 hours frantically investigating my station setup. I do have
some SEVERE new noise issues, and that vertical still needs to be
detuned. However...
I also found connector problems in my receive system, which I am
trying to correct as best I can. I became highly suspicious
yesterday when I bumped the desk and my noise on a particular
Beverage/frequency went from S1 to S8! The culprit in that case
turned out to be a blasted RCA connector which has now been ripped
out, thrown in the trash, and replaced by an SO-239. A similar fate
is about to befall a few more of the devils!
Thanks & 73,
Paul N1BUG
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