Over many years I have tried several antennas for 160 meters. The best one so far is a very odd shaped full wave length 160 meter loop. I have been able to work JA's, UA0's, all 50 States with only 7
Hi Walt: I own a ANC-4 and a MFJ-1026 that I use with my own version of a rotatable Diamond shaped terminated loop low noise receiving antenna. I have never been able to consistently achieve a deep n
I agree with Bob. In noisy locations a coax loop or flag antenna can make a big difference. If you live in the country away from other humans and all their electronic RFI generators then it is unlikl
Hi Tod. I built this cct many years ago and found it unsatisfactory compared to the noise blanker in my receiver. It requires a high level of power line noise spikes on the power line coming into you
Hi Tod: I stand corrected. After reviewing my notes, I seldom found a situation where the power line noise pulses were stable enough or consistent in nature thus making it very difficult to adjust th
During the last six months I have been comparing the relative effectiveness of the ANC-4 and MFJ-1026 Noise Cancellers. I built a simple relay operated switching circuit so I could instantly change f
Hi Peter: Thank your for response regarding the ANC-4 and MFJ-1026. You made a very good point and something we should never over look, (I will make it clearler on my web site) about TONS of variable
Tadek, SP7HT has asked me to share with the TOPBAND group his experience with the ANC-4 and MFJ-1026. I quote below his email message: "For years I am competing with local noises using ANC-4 (firstly
I live in a city but still enjoy 160 meters. Though not a keener I still like entering the 160 meters contests and trying to work any DX I can hear. As you all know, living in a city surrounded by ho
With a home brew receiver you can select design features that can mitigate static crashes however there are also ways to help even with a commercial ham receiver such as. 1. In my receiver I can adju
Hi Paul: I have a small rotating terminated loop receiving antenna which is located only 20 feet from a Inverted L - FCP (folded counter poise) transmit antenna. The amount of noise re-radiated from
Inverted L + FCP Report (December 2, 2012) Over the last approx. 20 Years I have operated in quite a few 160 contests from my city lot situated on a mountain side on rocky poor soil in North Vancouve
Hi Gaylord: Yes, the FCP has opened up a new world on 160 for me. By the way how much power were you running in the contest? You were also very loud here. I considered purchasing a linear before the
I had this happen many times as well but it is especially annoying near the end of the contest when seeking to find those last few contacts that I heard fellows calling CQ and only sending their call
If you need VU on 160 look for VU2BGS at his sunrise. He just installed a new FCP Inv L antenna. He told me that the FCP has made a big difference in being heard in Eu and over the pole to NA. I noti
Really sorry to miss the cross band event. Two more days in India and then we fly home. Have a good weekend everyone. 73 Markus VE7CA/VU2. Sent from my iPhone _________________ Topband Reflector Arch