[Elecraft] (ot) noise reduction resources

Kurt Pawlikowski kurtt at pinrod.com
Fri Apr 5 18:50:33 EDT 2024


Robert,

     Hum... About every 3 kc... Do they drift? I'd say that the 
"pull-the-plug" method of troubleshooting might yield interesting 
results. Maybe a washing machine or dryer or some other appliance. At 
least, that'd be my uneducated guess! Hope you find it!

     kurtt WB9FMC

On 4/5/24 14:59, Robert Strickland via Elecraft wrote:
> The screen shot of the noise is posted on QRZ.com. This link will get 
> you there.
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> https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/noise-reduction-resources.908913/ 
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> On 4/2/2024 20:36, Robert Strickland via Elecraft wrote:
>> Thanks to those answering my request for noise reduction 
>> sources/sites. Several pointed out the distinction between 
>> heterodynes originating in the receiver and noise external to the 
>> receiver. I was careless in the wording of my original post for which 
>> I apologize. Since a picture is worth many words, I'm included a 
>> screen shot of my panadapter tuned to 15m [see below] with the 
>> "noise" spikes clearly pictured. I have not tried the house shut down 
>> with the radio operating off a battery. Other time demands, but will 
>> do so shortly. I'm sure that will be informative. Interesting that 
>> the spikes occur only in the vicinity of 15m. They gradually diminish 
>> outside 15m until they are completely gone by 20.000 and 22.000 MHz.
>> ...robert   KE2WY
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