Thank you very much! Always enjoy helping people enjoy their radios! 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Brad A. Steffler <bst...@comcast.net>wrote: > Thanks to all who have suggested other things to look at for as sources of > noise besides the power line. > > I can eliminate the computer as a source of noise for one simple reason. > _Neal Campbell built it_. I know that it has been tested with a 5000a and > was quiet when he made it. When I assembled my station, I scraped an area > clean under the thumbscrew holding the side on and ran a ground wire from > the PC case at that point to the station ground bus. The ground bus runs > about 6 feet., using a #6 wire, to a copper coated steel rod 8 feet in the > ground and then to another identical rod 15 feet away and from that point > to the house ground. All are tied together with #6 copper wire. So I think > the computer and grounding are not the problem. > > I had not thought a lot about the house, but I had tested everything in he > house I could think of, by turning them off and got no change in the > interference. There are two power poles about 100 feet, at most, and my > truck's AM radio almost melts down when I go under them. > > I have ordered two arrow hand held beam antennas which I will use with my > Kenwood TH6-FA. The "B" band on the HT can tune, in AM mode, from about 3 > MHz to 1.3 GHz. Then I will go through the house, listening to the noise as > well as check the light pole around my house, especially the (apparently) > noisy ones. > > You guys have given me some great ideas for checking other things out as > well. I will also check out the switching PS also, although I got it from > Flex with the 5000a. > > _Neal Campbell is my secret weapon_. Always generous with his time - a real > gentleman and an expert in this area of Flex SDRs. Anyone who is > contemplating a new PC ought to get him to build it. Saves a lot of trouble > and time. > > 73, > > Brad > KE4XJ > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
