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Re: [IRCA] Help Needed - QRM
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] Help Needed - QRM
- From: Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:19:41 +0000
If anything would hear less noise, it would be one of the Wellbrook
loops, Michael. If the loop is old, is it possible that one of the
two connections of the loop to the preamp has broken loose? When
that happens (bitter experience) the antenna becomes an excellent
inhaler of noise.
Sounds like a nice location you have, it would be vastly preferable
for it to be a good DX location as well.
best wishes,
Nick
At 03:18 09-06-13, you wrote:
Hi all - I am setting up my station finally at my new home, but I
seem to have a QRM problem that I haven't run into before and I'm
hoping that someone can provide some advice. I have pretty much
entirely cleaned up any interior RFI problems, although to be sure
there can be a little hash from the laptop when it is too close to
the RX. Other than that though it is pretty much silent inside the
house as heard on my ICF2010 with no external antenna connected, and
scanning across all the bands.
I have a Wellbrook 330S (I originally bought it for tropical SW
years ago, but I'm thinking of changing to a 1530S+) and a modified
ICF2010 fed by 100 ft of new Bury Flex with BNC's. The location is
about 600 ft up a steep slope above Howe Sound at Lions Bay (maybe
1/3 mile inland from the shore) facing south west by west. Should be
DX paradise. Unfortunately however I have some RF noisy neighbours,
and I'll deal with that as I can. The problem is that I'm getting a
continuous 5 or 6 LED's lit with noise on pretty much every band
(not below 3 Mhz because the 330S has reduced sensitivity below
that). Part of the problem is that I can't find a recording of what
'normal' QRN is, so I can't even tell whether a good portion of the
noise I'm hearing is aurora/thunderstorms/etc or whether most of it
is man-made. When I take the Sony to where the antenna is (on the
ocean side of the house, about 4 m away from it) and just use the
wbuilt in whip for direction finding of the noise, th!
e biggest radiator seems to be the antenna and the coax itself,
although I can also hear some QRM from the neighbours. I'm not
supposed to ground the shield on the loop, and so I'm not sure what
to do next. A counterpoise under the loop? I sent an email to Andy
at Wellbrook asking if my 16' metal mast and 3' pole above the
rotator could be causing problems, and I'll be interested in his
perspective on this. I have actually disconnected the rotator cable
because it was radiating crap unto the coax as well, and I guess
I'm going to have to look for some shielded rotator cable. But I
think something else must be going on, and I'm hoping maybe someone
can offer some suggestions. I asked Anduy if maybe the loop head
had deteriorated, or maybe there's something else, but I'm at a bit
of a loss I'm afraid - maybe the BNC's weren't put on right, I
dunno! Thanks for your help - I've been offline for a year while we
moved and renovated, and I want to get this right - I miss spending !
time at the dial.
Michael
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