Hi Bob,
As you know, the best "PA/LNA" is actually the antenna. There is only so much "signal" out there and if the antenna does not pick it up well the PA/LNA will not do much either. It was always designed to "just" overcome signal loss due to cable length/quality. Short of that, the SSB preamps (SSB Germany) are some of the best with adjustable gain and very low noise figures. However, you pay for it too :-)
73, Stefan VE4NSA
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Robert Bruninga bruninga@usna.edu wrote:
What is the best mast-mount PA / LNA on the market these days.
Our old TE Systems amps are now over 15 years old and have only mildly been protected from the weather.
Since I am not hearing as well as some other stations, maybe it is time to replace/upgrade?
The TE systems had a low noise preamp for receive and 100W amp for TX.
We need the amp because we have 150’ of coax to the roof.
Do they still make ‘em?
So whats out there?
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