[Icom] help with qrm/qrn

[WL7M]

May I suggest that you purchase a good Icom rig, then also buy a 
"ClearSpeech" noise processor?  The ClearSpeech unit does wonders in 
reducing noise at all audio levels/frequencies.  You can find a review at:

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/57

The come in two versions:  base unit (no speaker), or mobile (speaker built 
in).

You can purchase one at:

<http://www.amcominc.com/productdetail.cfm?Prod_ID=16>http://www.amcominc.com/productdetail.cfm?Prod_ID=16 


Money back guarantee, and I do NOT have any interest in the company...just 
a satisfied user.

73,
Joe
WL7M

At 12:03 PM 1/17/2003, you wrote:

>Here is my problem, and I hope you can shed some light on it.
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>I want to get back into HF radio [phone mode] but I need to know what type 
>of rig I should be looking for. I live in the city of toronto and I can't 
>put up a dipole or beam so the only other antenna is a vertical one, due 
>to the limit space that is available to me. I have a medical problem 
>called tinnitus [or ringing of the ears] and after listening or trying to 
>tune out the hash or what I call the fried egg sound [after 5min of 
>listening] I get sevier headaches. So I abandoned HF all together and sold 
>my rig.
>I'm currently on 2m/70cm and I don't seem to any problems with qrm/qrn do 
>in part with the squelch on the rig. And i'm glad for that.
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>A few years ago I got into 20M qrp'ing and found the radio [mfj model] had 
>a built in crystal which seemed to get rid of or lesson the background noise.
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>So I figure it may not be line noise at all but just atmospheric noise. I 
>remember that the higher the freq the less the noise was. e.g. On 10M it 
>was around 1-3 S units and on 160M it was around 5-9 S units.
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>I need to know what type of rig or equipment I can buy that isn't going to 
>put me in the poor house or were I don't have to refinance my shorts [if 
>you know what I mean]. I ask this because when I got into ham, I made the 
>foolish mistake of buying what ever looked good and never even researched 
>the products. So you see I don't want to make the same mistake twice.
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>I am looking forward to your thoughts on this matter, and please don't be 
>afraid to ask any question that might help me. Please e-mail me off line; 
>va3kis@hotmail.com Thanks
>Hart
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