Thanks for that info on the 1026. I do have two outside antennas, both are in the field of whatever this is.As far as DFing----yes, tried that. It is very widespread thru the neighborhood. I have it down to three houses. My neighbor, directly next door, or his neighbor or a house on the next block over.
Sad----this has always been a nice quiet RF area. Closest broadcast is 15 miles away, its 50kW, But I am in the null. Underground utilities I was normally limited by atmospherics and a very few birdies from my PC, which has ferrite hanging all over it.
This seems to work OK, but my home made solution works from about 5mhz up to around 15 mhz, I may have to build a different loop or just buy the 1026 to add some bands.