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Greetings.? I am a frequent "lurker" and very infrequent "poster" to this forum, my interest is primarily MW.? I usually use a 1m diameter resonant loop and am puzzled as to why resonant loops seem to be out of favor with most of the group members.? The resonant peak provides both "free", noiseless gain to the signal of interest while also rejecting signals at frequencies other than resonance, eliminating the need for high second- and third-order intercept performance.? Granted the broadband loops that are much discussed on the forum can acquire broad swaths of the RF spectrum essentially simultaneously, is this a significant advantage given the fact that the frequency of the signal of interest is known?

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Would someone please discuss the advantages of the broadband loop over a resonant one, have I missed something??

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Thanks

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JohnT