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Re: Topband: dual-wire experiment

To: Dennis OConnor <ad4hk2004@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: dual-wire experiment
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:00:03 -0700
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Dennis OConnor wrote:
> Yes, there can be significant noise level differences between directions as 
> close as 45 degrees apart... I see that with my Beverages which are all fed 
> with coax...  A Beverage that points towards an urban area within 20 or 30 
> miles will be noisier than one that points off to open country...  Also, I 
> had a bad transformer on a powerpole a mile away that was a noise source for 
> my Beverage to NE, but the noise was not audible on the East Beverage...
> 
> Now having said that, the only way to know for sure if your open wire is 
> coupling to a noise source is to replace it with coax and see if it changes...
> 
> denny / k8do

Exact same things seen here, both the transformer thing and pointing 
toward or away from the city.

Rick N6RK
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