Re: [IRCA] Poor BOG reception
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Re: [IRCA] Poor BOG reception



This sounds weird for a spot as remote as your's was. Hopefully what should be a great and quiet DX spot isn't ruined.

73 and good luck .. KAZ

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Durenberger Mobile <Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: May 8, 2013 9:18 PM
>To: neilkaz <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, DX-IRCA <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "DX @NRC" <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>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 
>nearby.  Kaz you have an SDR so you'll appreciate the noise floor was in the 
>70's at 6 khz bandwidth!
>
>Today was: "tie onto abandoned fence lines that use wooden posts" day. 
>Results were underwhelming but not surprising.
>
>...now for an abandoned telephone line somewhere with a strand or two of 
>wire dangling within reach :-))
>
>
>Mark Durenberger
>On the Road
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: neilkaz
>Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 1:19 PM
>To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America ; DX-IRCA ; DX 
>@NRC
>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 don't recall any. It's always a 
>good idea to check on the car rx or to have a portable along to see if they 
>have the same issues with noise as your DXped antenna.
>
>With my western antennas here in IL, if there are major T-storms in NE,KS or 
>the Dakotas my noise level will start increasing soon after sunset and can 
>get to the point that it is unpleasant to DX.
>
>73 KAZ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Mark Durenberger Mobile <Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: May 8, 2013 9:13 AM
>>To: DX-IRCA <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "DX @NRC" <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>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 (for
>>example: flamethrower KOA was down in the mud to the point you could hear a
>>co-channel beat).
>>
>>But there was an abnormally high amount of broadband noise across the MW
>>Band...so the job wasn't a success.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Mark Durenberger
>>On the Road
>>
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