[PCR-1000] Help, Aerial issue?

Mon, 20 Jan 2003 15:18:18 +0000

No the pole is no better and no worse than the wire.
I have a gut feeling the pole is fine. my issue is just the noise level of 
the wire.

At 14:46 20/01/2003, you wrote:
>In a message dated 01/20/03 7:48:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>[email protected] writes:
>
> > A signal which is say +1 on the pole is +1 above the noise floor on the
> >  long wire.
>
>Could it be that the pole is not hearing as well as the dipole and the noise
>is really there? You say you have the same relative signal strength on both
>antennas....if the relative signal strength is the same then the pole does
>not hear down into the noise.
>
>Additionally, have you tried the Noise Blanker? (NB) It will eliminate many
>local types of interference.
>
>Find the weakest signal you can hear on the dipole and then switch to the
>pole and see if it is better or worse...if it is better then you are right,
>the pole is better, if it is worse, then the pole is not receiving into the
>noise...
>
>noise is always there on AM, unless you squelch it out.
>
>Good Luck!
>
>Roger
>WA1KAT
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