[TenTec] ANC- 4 noise filter

[Mike Hyder --N4NT--]

You can accomplish much the same thing with a chain saw.

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Valko - W8KC" <w8kc at comcast.net>
To: <Rick at dj0ip.de>; <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 5:07 AM
Subject: [TenTec] ANC- 4 noise filter


> If you care, I second Rick's opinion.  I bought an ANC-4 to counter an
> intermittent noisy insulator on a nearby power pole and it saved my HF
> operating.  Worked like magic.
> 
> Fortunately, it's no longer required.  A terrible ice storm took out the
> offending pole and wires a couple years ago :-)  When the Detroit Edison
> power crew left, heh heh... no more noise!
> 
> An act of God - no kidding.
> 
> 73! =paul= W8KC
> Collector of Ten*Tecs and other fine plastics.
> Visit the Virtual Ten*Tec Museum at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/w8kc
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rick Westerman" <Rick at dj0ip.de>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> 
> > The best thing is to get yourself an ANC-4.
> > It connects into the RX antenna line and using a second antenna,
> > phases the noise 180 deg. out of phase, thus canceling almost all
> > of it.  It works on RF, not with DSP.
> > Other companies make similar products.
> > This device has rescued our low-band operations on several BCC
> > DX-peditions.