Topband: Preamp for 160m (and 80m)

[QSKguy at aol.com]

Hello,
I'm not sure I need to have a preamp but I'd like to try. I live in the  
middle of Paris and have more than 100ft of coax between the antenna (DX-77) and  
the transceiver (TS-950SDX). Some signals are too weak, just  below the 
'workable' limit, and I thought a preamp will help.
I know that preamp with amplify noise too but... I will not be sure until I  
tried. :-)
73
 
Dans un e-mail daté du 02/02/2005 03:24:46 Paris, Madrid, DAVIDNNAN at MSN.COM  
a écrit :

I'm  not sure that a preamp is needed with this antenna. If you unplug the 
coax  from the receiver (listening on 160 meters at night) and the noise drops 
then  you don't need a preamp. The system noise is dominated by external  noise.