[Elecraft] Re: KNB2

[Paul Gates]

I understand where you are coming from, Darrell..... That is bad.. I have 
been a ham since 1961 and really never found a NB that worked really good in 
the house. Usually it also distorts the audio. Now, in a vehicle I have 
found that the NB does work good usually.
Paul Gates
K1  #0231
KX1 #1186
XG1
kd3jf at hotmail.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darrell Bellerive" <va7to at rac.ca>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: KNB2


> Eliminating the source of the noise is by far the best solution, however 
> in
> many cases it is just not practical. I live in a farming area and there 
> are
> many, many, electric fences. While an electric fence in proper order 
> causes
> little if any RFI, most fences are simply not installed and maintained 
> with
> respect to RFI. Keeping them in good working order would be a full time 
> job,
> and I would rather be on the air than fixing them.
>
> The same would hold true of a ham near an industrial complex. Just too 
> many
> noise sources to be eliminated to be practical.
>
> Sometimes a good noise blanker is the most practical solution. 
> Unfortunately
> most noise blankers seem to be designed to tackle only one noise source at 
> a
> time within limited constraints of pulse width, pulse rate and pulse 
> level,
> rather than many simultaneous noise sources with very diverse pulse
> characteristics.
>
> Another alternative to noise blanking is to move off the grid, way into 
> the
> backcountry where manmade noise is behind a few mountain ranges, but this 
> too
> has some practical limitations.
>
> On July 18, 2005 11:37 am, Paul Gates wrote:
> > I would think that be-moaning the fact of a better noise blanker would 
> > be
> > to find the source of the noise which is pretty easy to do usually and 
> > with
> > the help of the FCC things change.
> > Paul Gates
> > K1  #0231
> > KX1 #1186
> > XG1
> > kd3jf at hotmail.com
>
> -- 
> Darrell Bellerive
> Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA
> Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
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