Topband: High noise with Rx antennae

2012-11-29 Thread Gary Smith
I'm hearing a lot of noise with my triangle array. I was hearing it close to the house so I relocated 100' away albeit 10-15 feet lower. Unfortunately I can not put it in a clearing and there are trees around it, I cut down several that were within 10' of the elements. I am using flooded coax

Re: Topband: High noise with Rx antennae

2012-11-29 Thread Gary Smith
Clarification; The Tx antenna is 350' from the house, the triangle array is 75' from the radial plate. I have 60 130' radials, half on the salt marsh. snip By necessity, the transmit antenna is 75' away and some of the 130' radials on the ground run fairly close to the Rx array. I find the

Re: Topband: High noise with Rx antennae

2012-11-29 Thread Gary Smith
an attenuator. Gary KA1J Is that rail line electrified? Carl KM1H - Original Message - From: Gary Smith g...@ka1j.com To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:52 AM Subject: Topband: High noise with Rx antennae I'm hearing a lot of noise with my

Re: Topband: High noise with Rx antennae

2012-11-29 Thread Gary Smith
a pre on the low bands sometimes use an attenuator. Gary KA1J Is that rail line electrified? Carl KM1H - Original Message - From: Gary Smith g...@ka1j.com To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:52 AM Subject: Topband: High noise

Re: Topband: High noise with Rx antennae

2012-11-29 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:52 AM Subject: Topband: High noise with Rx antennae I'm hearing a lot of noise with my triangle array. I was hearing it close to the house so I relocated 100' away albeit 10-15 feet lower. Unfortunately I can

Re: Topband: High noise with Rx antennae

2012-11-29 Thread ZR
, November 29, 2012 1:03 PM Subject: Re: Topband: High noise with Rx antennae yes it is, although the quietest directions are to the N, NE NW which would make those directions the worst if it were the rail lines. I'm finding that the Rx triangle has more noise than the 160 Inv-V and that doesn't