RRA EP 31 Noise Level

• Welcome to Richard’s Radio Adventures
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• Live shows in the future
• RRA may fade with time. we will see.
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• We are working on live streaming at the discord server so we can do some live shows
• We are on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/RichardBaileyKB5JBV
• Main Topic working with a new ham Don in Oregon who is having noise issues on HF
• Kenwood TS 940
• MFJ EFHW Antenna
• Don lacks proactive Elmers
• Working to get involved in Emcomm
• Noise Source
• Power Lines in his front yard
• 63 foot long wire antenna
• Antenna height 20 feet off the ground
• broad side to Greenland and Australia
• Radio has more buttons and switches than you can shake a stick at
• Possibly overwhelming for a new ham
• I started on a Kenwood TS 130
• Look for noise sources in the house
• Vampire Devices
• Check the receive by monitoring HF Nets on 40 Meters
• Solar Cycle is at a low easier to monitor 40 meters
• Received Japanese Broadcast and some California
• Antenna Orientation
• Trying to figure out if it is the Antenna or the Rig
• NVIS
• “Everything we do is practice for something else in amateur radio”
• Richard’s Story Time
• Back to working the problem
• Horizontal antenna better for noisy situations
• Reorient the antenna
• At least a quarter wave off the ground
• build your own antenna
• Richard’s Story Time
• Spool was 500 to 1000 feet I miss spoke
• 3905 Century Club
• Find a Elmers no matter where you have to look
• Contact us for help at one of the links below

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