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Re: [IRCA] S. AZ TPs, Monday 8/22



No doubt a lot of the noise was directly radiating into your wire.  In that case, a choke is just a paperweight.

Chuck

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From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Steve Ratzlaff <ratzlaffsteve@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 7:59 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] S. AZ TPs, Monday 8/22

Hi Colin,

Yes, I thought of a CM choke as well, and tried one (with plenty of
inductance to work well down at LF)--no discernible change in the AC
hum! But the longwire is all down, supports removed, wire rolled up, so
I don't ever plan to try that failed experiment again.   :)

73,

Steve


On 8/22/2016 12:48 PM, coffee_canuck wrote:
> Maybe add a common-mode choke to that set up.
>
> Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC
>
>> On Aug 22, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Steve Ratzlaff <ratzlaffsteve@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I strung a 1100' E/W longwire last week but found it picked up high levels of AC noise from a parallel powerline some short distance away (30-40')and was completely useless for weak signals--I took it down today. It was worth a try as I had no idea how much, if any, a parallel powerline might couple to the longwire. Now I know! I'll eventually try another location that's much farther away from the powerline and hope for better results.
>>
>> Steve
>>

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