[Elecraft] Station setup

[Justin Grenier]

Greetings,=20

This message may not exactly be typical reflector business, but I am =
running out of moves.=20

My wife and I have just moved to a suburb of Portland, OR from Palm =
Beach, FL.  I have set up my hamshack here in the new house...Much time =
has been spent erecting and placing my antennae, which include an R5 =
vertical, and a g5rv dipole.  This setup is not much different than how =
I had things in FL; I was able to put a ground rod right outside my =
shack window, and the conductor to it is about 4' long.  On all bands, =
my noise level with both antennae is anywhere between S8 and 30-50dB =
over S9.  It is impossible for me to operate with 100w, let alone 1w, =
and very frustrating as I am losing a bit of cw proficiency.  There is =
no BPL test area around as far as I know.  We have 3 PCs on a router =
here in the house, 1 of them implements the 802.11b wireless thing...I =
have tried unplugging and shutting down all of it with absolutely no =
change in my rx noise level.  Any suggestions as to where I might =
continue looking would be sincerely appreciated.

73,
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Justin Grenier, W3JGG
FISTS 9980, CC1461
QRPp-I 754  FP-QRP 668
Elecraft K1 0196

CW *is* ham radio

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