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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Poor BOG reception
It wasn't the transient kind of noise one expects from nature but rather a
broad and steady high noise floor. There are a good number of gas
processing plants and even some fracking going on up there but nothing
Upon arrival in the Pawnee National Grasslands (NE Colorado) Monday, we laid
out 1100 feet of BOG; mostly East-West, on dry ground.
The wire did its predicted job of squelching stuff from the sides (for
example: flamethrower KOA was down in the mud to the point you could hear a
co-channel
Wonder if anyone else had unusual noise problems Monday night...or if it
was caused by the many gas-well/fracking operations going on nearby.
North Auroral Zone extends down to most of the northern US. That may have
provided some noise. It's much further down than usual.
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Subject: [IRCA] Poor BOG reception
Upon arrival in the Pawnee National Grasslands (NE Colorado) Monday, we laid
out 1100 feet of BOG; mostly East-West, on dry ground.
The wire did its predicted job of squelching stuff from the sides
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From: neilkaz
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Poor BOG reception
What kind of noise was it? Perhaps your BOG was aimed into a big T storm
cell a few hundred miles away, although I