[K3PZN-List] Help with Noise on 160M - Finksburg Area (J Sears) (Stu Benner-W3STU)

[Stu Benner-W3STU]

Phil,

Regarding 1 & 3: When you hear hooves, assume horses not zebras.
Regarding 2: While it could be a bad connection, it's just as likely related
to perfectly good connection along with an undesired leakage path due to a
damaged insulator or the like.

Regards,
Stu Benner (W3STU).

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Karras [mailto:ke3fl at yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 14:45
To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Help with Noise on 160M - Finksburg Area (J Sears)
(Stu Benner-W3STU)

Stu,
 
1. "... it is highly unlikely that it's due to a poor earth connection."
2. "The water usually provides a leakage path across the damaged pole
hardware thereby squelching the spark. "
3. "Pouring water on a pole's  ground rod is not likely to do a thing other
than make the weeds grow better :)"
 
1. Sorry mate, this was a QST article & I believe they looked at the ground
rod & it was due to "poor connection" though your scenario is a more
probable one.
 
2. Ture on all counts damaged pole or poor ground, either way it's a poor
connection.
 
3. True, no matter what about the weeds, not true according to the article
because this is what they did & it worked to eliminate the problem. A
confusing issue was that it was sometime good on "dry" days, but when they
saw the dog water the stake they understood the reason for that as well. ;-)
 
73 de ke3fl
Phil
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