I just realized I have an unused DXE RPA-1 which I could put in front of the P3. Any thoughts on that?
jim ab3cv On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Jim Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > I've pulled my P3 out of my setup to try and go searching for sources of > 160/80m RFI. > > I did a whole house shutdown today and made sure that anything which had a > battery was also shut down. That included the fire/burglar alarm system. > For the purposes of these two bands my house is "clean." > > So now I need to do a walk around the area to see if I can locate the > sources. > > I tried a little DC to daylight receiver with little success even with a > 1ft diameter 2 turn loop for an antenna. The signals in question are too > narrow band and the receiver is too insensitive so the signals are buried > in noise. > > I'm now trying to use the P3 in hopes that its signal processing and > averaging and ability to see a broader spectrum might be easier to use than > listening to a single frequency. > > I tried the loop antenna directly into the P3 while powered on a battery > and it seems like I could use a bit of gain to get over the input noise of > the P3. > > Have others tried this and if so what sort of preamp, antenna or other > setup was used? > > Right now focused on 160 and 80m. > > 73 > > jim ab3cv > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
