Steve, Was that wire directly on the desert ground or was it elevated? Either way, I'd want to be more that 30-40 ft away from powerlines. Perhaps you'd pick up less noise if on the ground directly?
73 KAZ On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Steve Ratzlaff <[email protected]> wrote: > I listen most mornings with the new 140' W DKAZ but conditions have been > poor lately; I don't report hets or faint traces of audio. > > This morning was a little better. > > I strung a 1100' E/W longwire last week but found it picked up high levels > of AC noise from a parallel powerline some short distance away (30-40')and > was completely useless for weak signals--I took it down today. It was worth > a try as I had no idea how much, if any, a parallel powerline might couple > to the longwire. Now I know! I'll eventually try another location that's > much farther away from the powerline and hope for better results. > > Steve > > near Sahuarita, AZ > > R75; 140' W DKAZ > > 747 presumed Japan, very poor 1151 utc > > 774 presumed Japan, very poor 1149 utc > > 1566 HLAZ, first noted 1243 utc, poor/weak on peak lasting a minute, faded > out after about 1300 utc. > > 1575 presumed VOA, very poor/poor 1245 utc > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention > Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. > Registration info: > http://www.nrcdxas.org > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
