Re: [Elecraft] 30 meter gain

2006-12-08 Thread Ken Kopp
The noise you hear "floating across the bands" - MIGHT- be one or more ionospheric sounders. These are transmitters that send high-power signals ... usually straight up ... into the ionosphere. They usually sweep upward from frequencies below the BC band into the higher HF regions and can be h

RE: [Elecraft] 30 meter gain

2006-12-08 Thread Don Wilhelm
Stan, Things are a bit on the noisy atmospheric side right now, so what you are hearing may be compounded by that, but certainly not at an S-3 or higher levell. Of course, that has nothing to do with whether or not to use the PreAmp on 30 meters (or any other band). If you turn the preamp off, t