Paul,
I haven't experienced the same problem as yours.
I use a homebrew Moxon antenna for my RFI chasing. I put several #43
beads on the coax right at the antenna driven element and at the
receiver. The homebrew *series-connected* step attenuators in my unit
are 6, 10
and 20db (maximum total of 36db) but sometimes that is not
enough!! Is the attenuation on your unit at *total* of 25db or 50db?
I would think 50db would be adequate. 25db is not enough.
73,
Charlie, N0TT
On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:06:45 -0400 N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com> writes:
> I'm still pursuing my power line noise. I have a few questions,
> starting with this one:
>
> A while ago I modified an MFJ-856 power line noise sniffer. The mods
>
> consisted of adding a T match to the driven element, moving the
> receiver back behind the reflector, and adding a 3 step attenuator
> (25, 15, 10 dB).
>
> Most of the time this behaves as expected, but every once in a while
>
> I find a pole where the attenuators do nothing whatsoever. These are
>
> not always situations where the noise is so strong that the meter is
>
> full scale, but sometimes that is the case. At first I was paranoid
>
> about bad switches on the attenuator, but this pattern is repeatable
>
> at certain poles and happens at less than 5% of noisy poles. When
> this happens the sound is more like a hum than other poles. By that
>
> I mean less like a buzz, frying or other variations. So what is
> going on? The only two theories I have - and I fail to really fathom
>
> how either could be happening - is that 1) Noise is coming down the
>
> coax through the attenuator and into the receiver common mode in
> rather than differential mode or 2) a strong induction field
> coupling to something in the receiver or headphones. Sounds crazy?
> Any thoughts?
>
> 73,
> Paul N1BUG
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