I tried my new transverter out last evening from a nice locationwhich was
treeless in FN11XDWhen I got things set up at 6 pm, I noticed quite a bit of
noise to the NE and SWWhat could be worse ?There was a tractor bailing hay in a
field not to far away.I watched in anticipation and hopefully he completed his
project before 7 pmWhich he did = But the noise continued.Then my thought went
to line noise. But there wasn't the typical buzzAfter working a few stations
with my mighty 20 watts, I tore down when it started darkening.My thoughts led
to generator problems.This morning I raised my portable mast and rotated the
monster 10 element yagi, seeking the noise issue.Well withing 5 minutes or less
the issue was solved.Pinobscot Mountain is ripping my 222 system apart. My S
meter on the TS2000X raises to S9 of junk and total RF overload.I'll take a
ride this weekend and head north west in FN11 to try and find a farmers
fieldFinding a treeless location at a decent elevation is quite a task73Herb
K2LNS
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