Re: [IRCA] What's the best Receiver and Antenna?

["Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For a medium budget..your R8B and Kiwa loop answers that question.

For a smaller budget..I'd use a R75 and a Quantum loop (noting the Quantum 
is almost as good as the Kiwa from my tests)

For a larger budget..what rx is truly superior to the R8A/B or AOR7030+ ? I 
slightly prefer my AOR to my Drakes, but only very very slightly. Perhaps a 
IC 756 Pro III with MW pad removed ? From the demos at the convention, 
perhaps the top of the line computer controlled sets. ( I DX from my car in 
fields at my homes and I barely know how to turn a computer on, so those 
aren't for me at this moment)

For antennas on a larger budget.. Phased Beverages with enough land (set up 
and wire is cheap..land ISN'T), and if less land, and nice flat dry land, 
Phased BOGs. For normal high budget large suburban lots of 1 acre or so. A 
K9AY phaseable vs a couple switch selectable mini-BOGs would allow the 
K9AY's switchable cardiod pattern to be phase enhanced to null pests off one 
side of the cardiod or to deepen the back null to at least 50 dB which will 
get rid of anything less than a 50 KW superlocal. If interest in just one 
general direction, a fixed cardiod antenna like a KAZ,Flag, Pennant, EWE, 
phased vs a couple of mini-BOGs works great.

73 KAZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Pifer-desert4wd.com" <oregon4wd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
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Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 9:38 AM
Subject: [IRCA] What's the best Receiver and Antenna?


> Hi All,
> My brother, who lives in another state want's to know what the best 
> receiver
> and antenna is.  I'm presuming he means for the BCB since he used to or
> maybe still doe's DX.  I told him in an email a few weeks ago, it depends 
> on
> what he is looking for but apparently he forgot about that and would still
> like to know what's the best. So, I pose this question to you. In your
> opinion, what do you think are the best set-ups for small, medium and 
> large
> budgets?
> Thanks and 73- Doug
> Drake R8B and Kiwa loop
>

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