[Electrothaumaturgist]

One last thing I should reiterate: There is ALWAYS noise on the 38-1 (and on ALL of the other radios here in the apartment. Perhaps this is the type of noise of which you speak?) UNTIL I brought the end of the antenna wire back around on the 38-1 and grounded it to chassis. This eliminates 99% of all noise, and the signal is solid. I can adjust the ant. as normal. When I disconnect the wire, The background noise gets pretty strong. (I would have to open the cases of the modern radios to do that grounding trick-NOT happening). The noise is very prevalent from about 550-1100 khz, then tapers off the further up in frequency you go. At that point, the ant. can be disconnect from the chassis, enhancing sensitivity, but the noise is still there, though diminished considerably. Sometimes the noise is altogether gone around 1100-1400 during the day. Should be able to devise something to compensate for the noise. Like I said before... Ya gotta get creative. Employ the Beverage, if need be!!!