Improving Receive Performance on 80 Meters (#1364) @davecasler
Improving Receive Performance on 80 Meters (#1364)  @davecasler
Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Ken, VE7ZY, wants to improve his performance on 80 Meters and asks Dave for some antenna reccomendations. Is a dipole or a loop better?

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