[Lowfer] Sloper antenna question
Mike-WE0H
we0h at gmx.com
Wed Jul 7 11:42:24 EDT 2010
Have you tried a feedline isolator or something to decouple the feedline
from the antenna? Maybe a DC grounded antenna with transformer coupling?
I am thinking the noise is common mode noise on the cable coming from
the antenna. Stop that path and the noise should be gone. If it isn't
common mode noise, then your stuck with it. I'd try a A/C mains
referenced sync noise blanker then or a 60hz comb filter. Do you know
precisely what is causing the noise? Not just it's the powerlines, but
what insulator or ground connection is the issue? If possible, go after
the noise source. Street lamp day/night sensor's are a huge noise
generator when they go bad. Don't know if you have any within a mile or
so of you or not. An easy way to find them is to find the lights that
turn on & off constantly when you know they should be on at night and
off in the daylight yet they continue to go on & off at night like they
have a bad sensor. I cured my noise here after two of those lights were
replaced after I asked the town workers to check them out and they did.
S-0 hiss is nice compared to a buzzsaw noise floor...
Mike-WE0H
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