Yeah, so I think that you might get some benefit from the preamp on 6m (although if you have a S1 noise level without it, probably limited benefit), but no benefit on 10m and below (unless your noise level varies, and just happens to be bad today).
73, ~iain / N6ML On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Mike Reublin <n...@nf4l.com> wrote: > If you mean with the preamp on, yes the noise goes away. It sounds sort of > like wadding up paper...not so much a whooooosh. > > It's such a big jump on 10 & 12, not so much on 6. I haven't been aware of > much noise since the last visit from the power company. > > Mike > > On Jul 29, 2013, at 9:24 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML <a...@dseven.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Mike Reublin <n...@nf4l.com> wrote: >>> Question about the PR6-10. With no signal, and the preamp off, I get a >>> gentle 'whoooooooosh' on 6, 10, & 12M, 1 bar on the S meter. Turning on the >>> PR, on 6M I get a slight increase in the 'whoooosh'. On 10M & 12M the S >>> meter goes to S7 or so and the noise level goes WAY up, sounds like 160M in >>> a summer thunderstorm. >>> >>> Is this the expected operation? >> >> Sounds like you have a fairly noisy location or/and antenna, and >> probably don't really need a preamp....... does the "big whooosh" go >> away if you disconnect your antenna? >> >> 73, >> >> ~iain / N6ML > > ______________________________________________________________ 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