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Re: [IRCA] phasing
Bill,
I was discussing my Quantum Phaser all right..... I have no idea why
you don't experience the same thing.... And its Vancouver stations
that are my problem, not Seattle, which is 60-70 miles away with a
mixed land/seawater path, the Vancouver stations that cause the
overload are 20 miles of 100% sea water away from me and the most
troublesome ones are all below 700 kHz. (600, 650, 690) I have 6
stations that register S-9+50 dB or so. The Quantum loop was
overloading running a 100 x 20 KAZ and a 100 x 20 Pennant. My unit is
about 4 or 5 years old. Since I have heard several other experienced
DXers notice overloads in slightly less challenging environments,
I've never contacted Gerry about it and don't propose to do so
now. I think that it is a great unit. I would guess that my problem
is one of the worst because of the 100% seawater connection and most
of the blowtorches being at the very bottom of the band. For mosta
the people on the planet, I'd recommend a Quantum Phaser without hesitation.
I should also add that Nick Hall-Patch actually found many more of
the "signals that aren't really here" than I was aware of, when he
was over here soon after I had those antennas up one year. I
hesitate to think what the unit would do with my two new 60' x 100'
EWEs. I think that kind of use is just outside the normal envelope
of use, myself.
John Bryant
At 02:37 PM 11/5/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>John:
>
> Are we talking about the Quantum Loop or Quantum Phaser?
>
> Please don't take this as an argument, I live in a RF "rich"
>environment and have not noticed the problem with my Quantum Phaser
>that you describe. In fact, I tabulated the number of stations in my
>area and compared it to New York, Seattle, LA, Chicago etc. Without
>going into a lot of detail, the Baltimore-Washington metro-area has
>an higher station density of total stations than Seattle, LA, and
>Chicago and is comparable to New York. Seattle has roughly the same
>density of 50 kW that the Balt-Wash area has. I have several 50 kW
>stations within 20 miles of my location.
>
> All I know is that I would not be able to hear many of the stations
>I have were it not for the Quantum Phaser.
>
>Bill Harms
>Elkridge, Maryland
>
>On 5 Nov 2006 at 6:31, John H. Bryant wrote:
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > I have no overloading on my Quantum loop when I use it in Oklahoma or at
> > Grayland and I love it. However at my home place here 20 sea miles south
> > of Vancouver, with many Canadian blowtorches looking at me, I have signals
> > at many places on the dial, usually over or under real signals at that
> > point of the dial, THAT SHOULD NOT BE THERE.... they are from powerful
> > stations on other frequencies. This is not the case with a Connelly
> > Mini-MWDX-6, nor a Mizek/Ratzlaff phaser (I hope.) The Quantum is easier
> > to use, in my somewhat limited experience, unless it is in an RF cesspool
> > such as some of us must suffer.
> >
> > John B.
>
>
>
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