Move to the countryside with no urban noise - go live in the middle of texas :-)
Thanks Wayne, very good things to try there. 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108 -- Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. But I'm not so sure about the universe. -- Albert Einstein. On 4 May 2011, at 16:42, Wayne Burdick wrote: > If there's a high noise floor, try the following, in this order: > > - Turn off the preamp, and possibly even turn on the attenuator > (SCAN is pretty sensitive, so it will stop on real signals above > the noise floor even with the attenuator on) > > - Narrow the filter bandwidth and slow down the scan rate accordingly > (example: If you set WIDTH to 100 Hz, set RATE to 10 Hz rather than > 50 Hz so you won't miss as many real signals) > > - Try backing down RF GAIN a bit > > - Use a lower-noise antenna > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > On May 4, 2011, at 8:36 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: > >> That's great and I like the idea, but with a variable S7 to S9 noise floor >> here, I find the K3 stops all the time - would you expect that or am I doing >> something wrong? >> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108 > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
