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NOISE and NULLING

The art of noise nulling

Dave, NR1DX: In my experience folks who have had problems getting the cancellers to work have not put enough thought into getting a good antenna for the noise antenna.
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The art of nulling
Mark Connelly: Report on some "tricks of the trade" in the art of nulling unwanted stations and noise.
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Polarization of man-made noise
Local noise are mostly vertically polarized, while radio signals normally are horizontally polarized. Still, you never know what will work, because you never really know what is going on. Sometimes verticals are better, sometimes horizontals.
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How to fix electric fence noise

Walter Dufrain: Electric fence noise is "fixable", but you have to check every wire on the fence. -- Read more --



BROADBAND TRANSFORMERS (BALUNS)

Wind your own transformer
George Dowell, K0FF: By using larger cores, you need to wind fewer turns. -- Read more --

Which transformer is best?
Discussion: Which matching transformers are best suited for Flag and Pennant antennas. -- Read more --

Select your core material

Gary Breed, K9AY: The 43 material is commonly used in EMI filtering applications, where looser manufacturing tolerances may be acceptable. This can affect antenna matching transformers. -- Read more --


How to balance your antenna

Tom Rauch, W8JI: Discussing the need, or not, for shielding metal boxes, and how to balance different antennas as Beverage, small loops, Flag and Pennant. -- Read more --




ANTENNA PROJECTS

Broadband amplifier
Mark Connelly: The BBVA-A broadband amplifier is a good choice for low-noise amplification in the 150 to 6500 kHz frequency range. -- Read more --


Antenna splitter
Tom Rauch: A "magic T" splitter or combiner is very easy to build. -- Read more --


CATV connectors
George Dowell: CATV coax is often free for the taking. Not so the connectors. Here is a way to make weatherproof splices and connectors at little cost. -- Read more --


"Preamps are useless"
Bill Smith: A preamp is of no value. It increases both the signal and the noise by equal amounts. There is no improvement in signal to noise performance. -- Read more --

VARIOUS

Sources for parts
Where to find those parts your need for your antenna project. -- Read more --




Great Circle maps
These four sites all have versions of Great Circle map generating software which may be centered upon your location. -- Read more --




GDO manual
How to use a Grid Dip Meter, a BAMA manual in PDF format. available at: ftp://bama.sbc.edu/downloads/
or http://www.qsl.net/n4xy/gdos.html. -- Read more --



Konsten att bäst skarva en koax
[Text in Swedish] Hur man bäst skarvar en koaxialkabel som gått av. -- Read more --

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