Dennis OConnor wrote:
> Yes, there can be significant noise level differences between directions as
> close as 45 degrees apart... I see that with my Beverages which are all fed
> with coax... A Beverage that points towards an urban area within 20 or 30
> miles will be noisier than one that points off to open country... Also, I
> had a bad transformer on a powerpole a mile away that was a noise source for
> my Beverage to NE, but the noise was not audible on the East Beverage...
>
> Now having said that, the only way to know for sure if your open wire is
> coupling to a noise source is to replace it with coax and see if it changes...
>
> denny / k8do
Exact same things seen here, both the transformer thing and pointing
toward or away from the city.
Rick N6RK
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