[Elecraft] Noise Blanker K2

[Kevin Rock]

Hi Bill,
   I had an experience with an electric fence.  No, I didn't back into it!  It was shorting to ground through some grass but in so doing it was causing 
a periodic click on my radio during a contact.  I fiddled with the NB and the click magically disappeared.  I have used the noise blanker to quell a few 
other periodic clicking noises but not as completely as that time.  Later I went outside and found the offending grounding piece of grass and 
plucked it on the off beat :)  My noise was gone for good.  Well at least while the grass stays eaten.
   Kevin.   KD5ONS


10/1/2003 8:35:47 PM, "William M. Spaulding, Sr." <billspau@att.net> wrote:

>Howdy Folks,
>
>I'm glad someone had the moxie to bring this up.  For a long time now, I
>have played with my noise blanker in old number 3413 and never could tell if
>anything ever happened.  Maybe the MPU switched something around, but I
>never was able to tell what changes it made on noise.
>
>So, how does one know if ones noise blanker works?  Is there a tape or a
>wave file of lightening crashes with and without the noise blanker?
>
>That's something I appreciate about the DSP filters.  I may not understand
>10 % of all the capability it has and how to get the best out of my radio,
>but I sure can tell it's doing something!  Where did the woodpecker go?  At
>least we had a way to see if the noise blanker worked?  Bring back the cold
>war!  It would fix the economy, too!
>
>Seriously, any comments on what to expect from the noise blanker?
>
>Bill
>NA7Y