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11 meter is very quiet?

Recon said:
I'm asking because I am curious if the human ear will hear the improvement, or the improvement would only be noticed on a mete.
You location is in mother natures tough spot and good luck fighting mother nature.
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I understand what your saying about fighting mother nature, she is a tough one ! According to several radio people I know they say the schotkey mod makes a noticeable difference and others say it doesn't so I guess it boils down to who do you believe. I have to trust these nice hearing aids the VA gave me and I know I hate static or air noise while I travel long distance so I might try my extra DX 979 as a experiment. Then we have my McKinley which is nice for my little car but needs a professional alighment to make me happy. Nothing ventured nothing gained. And yes I know about Squelch an RF Gain controls.
 
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whiteastro said:
I understand what your saying about fighting mother nature, she is a tough one ! According to several radio people I know they say the schotkey mod makes a noticeable difference and others say it doesn't so I guess it boils down to who do you believe. I have to trust these nice hearing aids the VA gave me and I know I hate static or air noise while I travel long distance so I might try my extra DX 979 as a experiment. Then we have my McKinley which is nice for my little car but needs a professional alighment to make me happy. Nothing ventured nothing gained. And yes I know about Squelch an RF Gain controls.
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Before you invest in modifying your radios, do you have your hearing evaluated every year and have the hearing aids adjusted?
 
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whiteastro said:
These are top notch hearing aids and I down loaded the app to my smart phone so I can adjust them with my smart phone by blue tooth I can hear the soles of my shoes touching the floor if I want. LOL
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Have you considered installing an antenna tower and a beam antenna? A while back you posted several skip contacts you had with your current equipment and location. I'd say, don't fix what ain't broken. How about a decent amp with a pre-amp option?
 
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whiteastro said:
The schotkey receive mod is suppose to improve the receive and quite the air noise somewhat. In this stinking valley I need all the help I can get. I have discovered a CB repairman about a 3 hour ride from me so I'm going to call and talk to him and tell him about my problem children and if he can take care of Them I just might load them up and take-em for a little ride. About the same distance as you are from me and maybe I wouldn't be a disgruntled DXer anymore. The guy is recommended by several radio forum guy's so I might throw him some trial bones. A couple road trips might be in order. I'm growing tired of dealing with CB problems and time to Clean House.
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A DSP might help you more than the diodes.
 
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The guy at the VA can't hear with my ears and has a problem listening to what I tell him but i guess that is pretty much human nature.
 
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Recon said:
Have you considered installing an antenna tower and a beam antenna? A while back you posted several skip contacts you had with your current equipment and location. I'd say, don't fix what ain't broken. How about a decent amp with a pre-amp option?
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In a couple years I'm going to be out of this place. I'm not investing in a tower and beam. That's more than a little mod.
 
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