And that should be a comparison ? Again, if you are satisfied, go for it. I'm not, so I believe it needs to be modified, please avoid trying to convince me that the stock (as it comes) MLA-30 works well, it doesn't, and I write this from direct experience and comparison ( and then it's easy to see why, looking at the bias and preamp circuits), again, if you are satisfied with the stock one, go for it, but don't try convincing me, thank you
No no, I am not trying to convince you about anything. Why should I?
I am just saying that HF and MW RXing is not that simple topic.
You just think that noise floor is low on a antenna, and blindly believe that it works best for you, but
I am trying to say that there are the other factors involved in this game.
The point of your having a antenna is that, so you could hear the signals not trying to get low noise device, so that
you could meditate or fall into trance or something.
You know that a dummy load is quiet? Yes, super quiet and will give you low SWR 1:1, but
it cannot hear the signal you are wanting to hear.
MLA30 might be a bit noisy, but it pulls the DX signals from the air and you could hear it on your radio?
And you must choose to go for MLA30, not a dummy load. That is just my point.
Whether it is a stock or not, it doesn't matter. The matter is, can it hear the signals from South America
and the Far East and South Pacific running about 10 kW or lower? Well if you can, it is a good antenna for you.
If not, sorry mate, your antenna is poor be it modded or not, be it expensive or not.