Eliminating the source of the noise is by far the best solution, however in many cases it is just not practical. I live in a farming area and there are many, many, electric fences. While an electric fence in proper order causes little if any RFI, most fences are simply not installed and maintained with respect to RFI. Keeping them in good working order would be a full time job, and I would rather be on the air than fixing them.
The same would hold true of a ham near an industrial complex. Just too many noise sources to be eliminated to be practical. Sometimes a good noise blanker is the most practical solution. Unfortunately most noise blankers seem to be designed to tackle only one noise source at a time within limited constraints of pulse width, pulse rate and pulse level, rather than many simultaneous noise sources with very diverse pulse characteristics. Another alternative to noise blanking is to move off the grid, way into the backcountry where manmade noise is behind a few mountain ranges, but this too has some practical limitations. On July 18, 2005 11:37 am, Paul Gates wrote: > I would think that be-moaning the fact of a better noise blanker would be > to find the source of the noise which is pretty easy to do usually and with > the help of the FCC things change. > Paul Gates > K1 #0231 > KX1 #1186 > XG1 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
