[Elecraft] Electric fence QRM?

Fri Jul 11 09:53:01 2003

I have the samesetup here and don't have a problem. When I dop the NB in the
K2 does a wonderful job of taking the noise out.

I have found with the poly fencing is if it shorts or touches weeds the
resistance rises and causes it to arc in other places along the line. You
need to walk the full length and make sure nothing is touching. Also make
sure he has a good ground. I also noticed that where I have a splice it will
sometime arc as it is hard to get good contact with the small steel wires.
Thje correct way to splice or fix a bad spot is to use a copper strap, sold
along side the poly in the store.

GL

Jerry K7YVZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deni" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "elecraft" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 10:59 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Electric fence QRM?

> Any tips on eliminating or reducing Electric fence QRM, apart from moving
!
>
> My neighbours adjoining field has a fence which to me looks in poor shape.
> The fence is of rope with a fine strand/s of conductor woven in and to
make
> joints in the rope it is just knotted,  I can hear ticking (as in arcing)
> from these 'joints' I've tried wire bonding across a couple of these
> 'joints' which seems to eliminate the arcing but this does not do anything
> for the QRM.
> Is it possible to reduce or eliminate this QRM ? It also interferes with
MW
> and LW broadcast reception btw.
> I have no previous knowledge of these fences and I haven't approached my
> neighbour yet as I'm new here and there is a language barrier.
>
> I'm using a K2 and the NB sometimes helps a little but doesn't eliminate
the
> QRM which sounds like a regular ticking about once per second
>
> Any advice appreciated, thanks,
>
> Deni, F/GM3SKN
>
>
>
>
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