Re: Topband: Beverages and Noise

2021-01-04 Thread sawyered
I have very little noise here and lots of beverages. Because of the low noise floor, I can pick up a couple of solar arrays on properties about 2,000 feet away. The beverage - very efficiently - hears that noise when it is pointed at it. In fact, one of them is in the direction of EU and I somet

Re: Topband: Beverages and Noise

2021-01-04 Thread CUTTER DAVID via Topband
There are some interesting things going on in the Cross Country Wireless group with phased loops. Look for Simon about half way down this link: https://groups.io/g/CrossCountryWireless/topic/79362931#7537 He tells us that he works across the pond on his multi-turn transmit loop and now has 4 ph

Topband: Beverages and Noise

2021-01-04 Thread Roger Kennedy
Sadly Paul I have no space to put up any kind of Beverage . . . Even my 160m Half Wave Dipole runs outside my property ! 73 Roger G3YRO _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Beverages and Noise

2021-01-04 Thread Paul Mcl
Roger, It’s not just the VDSL noise but the SMPSU’s as well that give me grief round here. VDSL affected 30m most as I have overhead poles in my back garden so limited option to escape. VDSL cabinet was a street away. I found the RX loop (Wellbrook) worked poorly near the house and put it outsi

Topband: Beverages and Noise

2021-01-04 Thread Roger Kennedy
The major source of noise on Top Band (and 80 & 40m) here in Britain these days comes from VDSL Broadband hash. The problem is that almost every house has an overhead copper phone line going to it . . . so the Service Provider runs Fibre-optic lines to a Cabinet in the street . . . but then uses