Hi, Jim.
I tired to explain that in the video, but that particular demonstration
used 80m band noise that I recorded in mono from my K3, but then later
retransmitted using an MP3 player driving my KX2. The KX2 was located
on my lot and I recorded that transmission in stereo from the Line Out
port of my K3 in diversity mode. The diversity antennas were two short
(ten foot) vertical dipoles spaced 12 feet part on an 18 foot high
pole. To be honest I don't remember what band I transmitted the noise
using the KX2, but I think it was 10 meters.
The CW signals from the CQWPX CW contest were recorded on 20m using
those same two short vertical dipoles, and the recording was again done
in stereo from the Line Out port of the K3 in diversity mode.
So both the noise and the CW signals came directly from the K3 and the
phase of the noise and each signal was true to what was received by the K3.
I then simply used Audacity to combine the two signals as if they had
been simultaneously received by the K3. The result mimics exactly what
a live feed would be if that 80m noise was coming from a unique
direction. The application also performs a spectral noise reduction
that is separate from the spatial noise reduction and that doesn't
require diversity, but the spatial noise reduction is far superior.
I also have a stereo (and therefore phase accurate) recording of some
extremely raucus noise that I believe is coming from my neighbor's solar
panels. I also merged that nasty stuff with a stereo recording of CW
signals from the CQWPX CW contest and the NoiseNuller application does a
pretty decent job on that as well. I'm sending it to you separately if
you want to give it a try. I'd appreciate your thoughts.
And of course the NoiseNuller application itself can be accessed
directly at https:/www.ab7e.com/NoiseNuller.html
The application uses the first few seconds of only noise to train itself
on the FFT profile of the noise, so it should handle most kinds of
noise. I don't have any way to test impulse noise, though, and I
suspect that might be more difficult to reduce. The solar panel noise
in the file I'm sending you has some pretty sharp spikes, though, and
the application seemed to handle it OK.
There is very little latency. If I listen to the output of the K3 and
the output of the application at the same time I get a slight echo
effect, but that's about it.
By the way, the application of course works with a live feed instead of
a recording, but the Line Out of the rig (K3, K4, whatever) needs to be
fed into the stereo Line In of the sound card to do that. The
application works fine with Firefox and Chrome, but for some reason Edge
doesn't offer the option to use the sound card Line In as a source.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 7/25/2026 12:55 AM, Jim Brown via Elecraft wrote:
On 7/25/2026 12:18 AM, David Gilbert via Elecraft wrote:
Since CW signals are essentially single tones (theoretically, anyway)
they are easier for the FFT processing to keep them separate from the
noise (only one bin to phase shift), so the resulting improvement in
SNR is actually better than for a voice signal.
Hi Dave,
Yes, it sounds very good. Couple of questions. What is the nature of
noise -- impulse or electronic stuff? Have you tried it on both? What
is the latency?
73, Jim K9YC
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