Flag ? Are the mag loop outside ????
Stephanie R. Koles WX3K
wx3k@arrl.net
http://www.qsl.net/wx3k
Assistant Skywarn Coordinator Somerset County, NJ
Mt. Holly Skywarn Technical Committee Vice Chair
-----Original Message-----
From: ve6wz_steve [mailto:ve6wz@shaw.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 4:57 PM
To: Stephanie WX3K
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 160 meter Noise levels
Stephanie:
I use the MFJ 1026 and find it very effective...it has often made the
difference between QSO and no QSO. I have built a switch box to select
VARIOUS noise antennas....what i have found is that sometimes only one
antenna is not enough since if it does not hear the noise, it will not work.
I select between a Flag and two rotatable mag loop antennas.
GL steve VE6WZ.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephanie WX3K" <wx3k@ptd.net>
To: "John Farber" <kg6i@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 2:43 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] 160 meter Noise levels
>
> Thanks all for responding !
>
> I do have a 100 by 400 lot of property oriented N-S...that is the longer
> part of the lot is N-S......As John Farber suggested, I do have a MFJ-1026
> sitting in the shack not hooked up yet......I was considering what type of
> "SENSE" antenna to use....Any suggestions ????
>
> Stephanie R. Koles WX3K
> wx3k@arrl.net
> http://www.qsl.net/wx3k
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Farber [mailto:kg6i@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 2:28 PM
> To: Stephanie WX3K
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 160 meter Noise levels
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephanie WX3K" <wx3k@ptd.net>
> To: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 5:43 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] 160 meter Noise levels
>
>
> >
> > I recently put up a 160 meter sloper based on an article in WorldRadio.
I
> > attached it to my tower at about 50 feet and fed it there and grounded
the
> > shield to the tower. The antenna still needs some tweaking but seems to
> work
> > well so far. Now that I have a resonant antenna on 160, I have a
wonderful
> > S8 noise level across the band.
> >
> > I wonder what others experience(Noise levels s meter readings) with
> typical
> > antennas for 160 meters in suburban/rural neighborhoods.
> >
> > I have also noticied a local(?) noise source that emits on
> > 2.225MHz....sounds like a raspy buzz from a bad light ballast. Isnt
there
> a
> > company that makes lights that utilize 2Mhz RF to make them work
?????????
> >
> >
> > Stephanie R. Koles WX3K
> > wx3k@arrl.net
> > http://www.qsl.net/wx3k
> >
> If I were you, I would buy an MFJ-1026 noise cancelling box and build a
> noise pickup antenna. Such a system here reduces S-9 noise on my 160
> antennas to around S1. It is well worth the price-about $170 for the box,
> and the antenna you can build for next to nothing. GL, 73 John
>
>
>
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