[Elecraft] K2 NB testing

[Bob Nielsen]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 02:03:37PM -0800, Trevor Jacobs wrote:
> Hehehehe...Funny you mentioned the mixer Rod! On our last camping trip to
> the desert, one of the guys brought an inverter and a blender to make
> Margaritas for everyone. One time when they were firing it up, I was on 20
> meters with the K1 and I'm here to tell you that the mixer makes a bunch of
> loud impulse noise! The NB in the K1 took care of it really well though. The
> NB in the K1 and K2 did a great job at the house in Burbank, CA getting rid
> of various types of powerline noise and other man made noise emmisions.
> Burbank isn't exactly an RF friendly environment. Hopefully the Santa Monica
> area will be a bit quieter...

I lived in Santa Monica as a youngster and operated HF from 1952-1957. 
There was a fair amount of powerline noise in those days resulting from
the salt-air deposits on insulators, etc (you could often walk by a
power pole and hear the crackle).  Southern California Edison would
occasionally come by with a water truck and pressure hose and clean
them off, however.

Strangely I don't hear that kind of noise here, although I am only ~400
ft. from the water at this QTH.  My aluminum vertical doesn't appear to
be corroding either.  Perhaps the much calmer waters of Puget Sound
result in less airborne salt than one gets near the exposed coastline.
I have yet to use the NB in my K2 however the noise reduction of the
KDSP2, which operates on a different sort of noise, is quite useful.

73, Bob N7XY

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