Venkata, you and I have the same radio and antenna! On His Majesty’s Service 73 de W1XQ Coastwatcher Reenactment RANVR
> On Sep 27, 2023, at 6:14 PM, Venkata Appala <pradhan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > Thank you for the quick replies. Sorry, was driving home and couldn’t reply > earlier. > > About the radials, they are 14ft each copper wires. Thanks for the suggestion > about extending them. Will try to build more in the coming weekend’s. > > On the radio, it’s a Yaesu ft710. I am using the dnr but last weekend was > worse. I just went back and took down the antenna to figure out what’s going > on. > On the power, I need to look into it this weekend. I am using a surge > protector connected to powerwerx supply. Will try to connect directly and see > if that’s the culprit. > About the inverted antenna, I need to explore this option. Should be a good > learning experiment. > > Venkata Appala > >> On Sep 27, 2023, at 6:06 PM, Rick Hiller <rickhille...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Venkat, >> What is ur radio? >> Rick. W5RH >> >> Sent from my i-Thingamajig >> >>>> On Sep 27, 2023, at 5:14 PM, John Pate via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: >>> >>> I am using the same type of antenna. The MFJ 1979. I have mine mounted on >>> my metal fence in the backyard. I do have noise but since I got a new >>> radio, the filter knocks it out and I am able to get good copies on >>> everything. Check things like your power supply and cut the power off in >>> the house and see if the noise drops at all. >>> >>> On His Majesty’s Service >>> 73 de W1XQ >>> Coastwatcher Reenactment >>> RANVR >>> Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society #182 >>> >>> >>>>> On Sep 27, 2023, at 4:49 PM, Nick Creason KE5QY via BVARC >>>>> <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Venkata, >>>> >>>> Vertical antennas are noisy because most man-made noise is vertically >>>> polarized. An inverted V on 20 meters with the apex at the top of a >>>> 6-foot fence and the ends about a foot above the ground will be quitter >>>> and may even give you better coverage. You can make a fence tip antenna >>>> out of a few dollars' worth of wire and have some fun. >>>> >>>> I have good luck nation wide with my fence mounted antenna and a hundred >>>> wats. And best of all , my HOA has no idea I'm a ham. >>>> >>>> Look up NVIS antennas on the internet. There is a lot of info on these >>>> low wire antennas. >>>> >>>> Nick, KE5AY >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> On Behalf Of Venkata Appala via BVARC >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 4:28 PM >>>> To: bvarc@bvarc.org >>>> Cc: Venkata Appala <pradhan...@gmail.com> >>>> Subject: [BVARC] Signal noise and suggestion on how to reduce it >>>> >>>> Afternoon, >>>> First of all, thank you for all the responses to my last email about >>>> antennas. I have another question related to the same topic and looking >>>> off some guidance. I normally setup my hf antenna for weekend use in my >>>> backyard. It’s a mfj 1979 17ft vertical. It is mounted on a flag pole rod >>>> that I just hammer into the soil close to the backyard fence. I have two >>>> sets of 4 radials in 180 degree pattern since I have a fence on the other >>>> side. When I use the rig expert to check swr, it’s always around 1.15-1.2. >>>> While the we is very low, the noise is crazy high. Most of the stations >>>> are extremely noisy. For some reason, I was able to hear really well few >>>> weeks ago. Is this something I am doing wrong or something to do with >>>> propagation ? >>>> >>>> For the above setup, I am always on 20m ssb. I do have few metal trellis >>>> hanging near to the antenna few ft away but I am not sure if they cause >>>> any interference. >>>> Disclaimer: I don’t know how to read the noise level on my radio yet, >>>> apologies if this is the most basic thing I should have known before I do >>>> anything. Trying to learn as quickly as I can 😄 >>>> Thanks, >>>> Venkata Appala >>>> ________________________________________________ >>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>> >>>> BVARC mailing list >>>> BVARC@bvarc.org >>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________________________ >>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>> >>>> BVARC mailing list >>>> BVARC@bvarc.org >>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> BVARC@bvarc.org >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
