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ANTENNA.  AT V/UHF THE EXTERNAL NOISE IS GENERALLY LESS AS A RULE, IT GOES
DOWN WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY.  THUS ANY EXTRA AMPLIFICATION OF AN HF
SIGNAL RECEIVED BY THE ANTENNA AMPLIFIES THE SIGNAL AND THE NOISE BY THE
SAME AMOUNT SO THE RECEIVE SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO IS UNCHANGED, UNLESS THE
RECEIVER WAS OF POOR DESIGN TO START WITH.  IN ADDITION TO NOT HELPING, AN
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