A little clarification is due. Sorry I missed a couple parts in my original response this morning to Reed's question about DirecTV rcvrs.
My first omission. I do not use DirecTV for internet. Only for TV-reception. It would be horrible for internet. No Satellite Internet would work for anyone depending on internet to operate your own ham station remotely due to latency and or packet loss. My internet is provided through a CATV company. I have never had a problem with ingress of my Ham Station into the DirecTV system so I never considered that as an issue. I do run 1500W on 160-10m. Next part. Those who claim that the direcTV receivers don't make any noise into their Amateur Radio stations probablly have not listened to their DirecTV receivers with a Noise Sniffer, AM-transistor radio tuned off station; Small loop attached to your Ham Radio receiver that can be placed close to this receiver and other devices in your home. Sniffer receiver used is an old Sony 2001-ICF It doesn't have ANL. It can be tuned to most any frequency of interest, It has both internal an directional loop antenna and a nice long extendable whip that you can reach easily close to your Wall Warts, DirecTV receivers, TV sets, Computers Modems Routers fluorescent Lights LED lights. Try a walkabout your homes with such noise listening devices. You just might be surprised at how much noise you are getting into your ham radio antennas. Once you eliminate the top tier of noise generators in your home then you begin to hear the next level down noise generators. There are zero fluorescent ballasts in my home. All have been replaced by yes I did find quiet direct wire LED bulbs for replacements. Zero Variable speed motors, Fans or light dimmers. Many other devices as well as the wall wart switchers are gone or choked to stop the noise. Additional excellent information of noise location and cures at http://audiosystemsgroup.com/KillingReceiveNoise.pdf John k9uwa DXCC 160m 320 John Goller, K9UWA & Jean Goller, N9PXF Antique Radio Restorations k9...@arrl.net Visit our Web Site at: http://www.JohnJeanAntiqueRadio.com 4836 Ranch Road Leo, IN 46765 USA 1-260-637-6426 ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
