I understand where you are coming from, Darrell..... That is bad.. I have been a ham since 1961 and really never found a NB that worked really good in the house. Usually it also distorts the audio. Now, in a vehicle I have found that the NB does work good usually. Paul Gates K1 #0231 KX1 #1186 XG1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Bellerive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: KNB2 > 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: [email protected] > 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 > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
