Use a coax-fed antenna as far away as possible, even on the roof. Add a choke to reduce noise pick-up on the coax. Your 'counterpoise' is part of the aerial and picks up from its environment as it's bound to do. 73 David G3UNA
> Horrid electrical noise in hotels because of air conditioners. I stayed > in > a hotel in Redmond, WA. I tried using my KS3 with a 28' wire extending > out > from the window and a 16' counterpoise which was inside the hotel room. I > was not able to receive anything on any band. All I heard was massive > electrical noise at above S 20-40. I believe that this electrical noise > was > generated by variable speed motors in the air conditioning units. Has > anyone experienced this? Any suggestions or solutions? > > Thanks, > > John Lally > > W7JJL ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
