A glimmer of hope
I looked at what I had that I could try without buying anything.
I had several MFJ-701 snap-on ferrite Toroid chokes left over from my first attempt at noise reduction from the ac power line.
So I went from 3 turns on one choke to 2 turns on 4 chokes.
It my be my wishful thinking, but on 40 meters (the only band the long wire seems to load on nicely) I thought I saw a 2 S unit drop in average noise.
Where it was peaking S-9 to 20 over, it now seems to be peaking S-7 to 9.
I need band conditions to get better so I can actually hear some signals!
Now I'm wondering if another set of 4 chokes on the ac line will make much of an incremental difference.
The big assumption is that the noise is coming from ac line and not other places.
Thoughts please.
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Dick KE0ME
Pam
Gandalf the White (miniature Schnauzer)
2014 Silverado 2500
currently don't own an RV
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