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

[Neil Kazaross <neilkaz58@xxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

Was that wire directly on the desert ground or was it elevated? Either way,
I'd want to be more that 30-40 ft away from powerlines.  Perhaps you'd pick
up less noise if on the ground directly?

73 KAZ

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Steve Ratzlaff <ratzlaffsteve@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I listen most mornings with the new 140' W DKAZ but conditions have been
> poor lately; I don't report hets or faint traces of audio.
>
> This morning was a little better.
>
> 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
>
> near Sahuarita, AZ
>
> R75; 140' W DKAZ
>
> 747 presumed Japan, very poor 1151 utc
>
> 774 presumed Japan, very poor 1149 utc
>
> 1566 HLAZ, first noted 1243 utc, poor/weak on peak lasting a minute, faded
> out after about 1300 utc.
>
> 1575 presumed VOA, very poor/poor 1245 utc
>
>
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