[Lowfer] remote "natural radio" receiver

Dexter McIntyre W4DEX dexter.mc at gmail.com
Sun Dec 2 11:32:37 EST 2012


Spectrum Lab does an excellent job for removing 60 cycle hum.

Dex

Douglas D. Williams wrote:
> That is actually a great idea. That way I could keep the battery in my
> house, where it would stay warm, and charge it when not listening.
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> Unfortunately, I walked around the property yesterday with one of Steve
> McGreevy's WR-3s, and was amazed at the level of hum, even when I was
> 50-75' from the house or any power lines. I also quickly remembered
> something that I had forgotten (because of the very effective noise
> blankers in my LF receivers), my neighbor's electric fence, which causes a
> very loud "popping" or "clicking" sound about once a second. So the further
> I get from the house, the less hum there is but the closer I get to the
> electric fence, lol.
>
> So anyway, it's probably not worth doing, given the level of hum present.
>
> Too bad Edison didn't win the "war of the currents". ;-)
>
> Oh, thanks for the links.
>
> -Doug KB4OER
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