[Lowfer] remote "natural radio" receiver

[Douglas D. Williams]

Really? Now that would be something worth trying.

Spectrum Lab kinda intimidates me.

-Doug

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Dexter McIntyre W4DEX
<dexter.mc at gmail.com>wrote:

> Spectrum Lab does an excellent job for removing 60 cycle hum.
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> Dex
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> Douglas D. Williams wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> -Doug KB4OER
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