To follow up on an old message. I took the antenna down and
inspected it. The connection between the feed line and the
copper-clad steel antenna wires used galvanized hardware. This
hardware was quite corroded. A private email had suggested this
possibility. The corrosion was probably acting as a diode and
generating harmonics from the AM signal. I replaced the hardware
with brass. We'll see how long it lasts.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 12/1/15 at 2:51 PM, [email protected] (Bill Frantz) wrote:
I switched to 160 meters with the band switch and the P3 showed
the band filled with what looked like AM signals. I tuned one
of them at 1.810 MHz and listened. The station identified as
KGO, about 20 miles away with three beautiful towers at the
edge of San Francisco bay. (Serious antenna envy here.)
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Bill Frantz | Security is like Government | Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 | services. The market doesn't | 16345
Englewood Ave
www.pwpconsult.com | want to pay for them. | Los Gatos,
CA 95032
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