[Icom] help with qrm/qrn

[Dan]

At 04:03 PM 1/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:






>Here is my problem, and I hope you can shed some light on it.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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
Hi Hart,
Do you know of any clubs in your area?  If so, try a few meetings and ask 
if you can listen to some of the members radios.  You might be surprised at 
the newer Icoms.  Add on's can always be made later.  The noise can give me 
a headache too.  I have a 706MKIIG and for the money, used or new, you get 
a radio that has some nice features on it.  Higher end Icoms are even 
better, but my budget wasn't up to it :<}  Are there any ham stores in 
Toronto or close by in the states?  If so, go try out everything you can 
get them to hook up.
Hope you find something.

Dan, N9JBF
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