Topband: MFJ power line noise receiver or alternatives?

[Doug Waller]

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From: <n0tt1@juno.com>
To: <richard@karlquist.com>; <Topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: MFJ power line noise receiver or alternatives?

> I tried one of those Radio Shack aircraft band radios and found that the
> "hiss" from the radio was just unbearable...no hiss from the
> MFJ unit.

>From an old article for the Radio Shack radio/handheld beam, I built the
noise sniffer: attenuation unit & 3-element beam for 135mHz.  The old Radio
Shack receiver was no longer available, so I bought the newer model,
Jetstream, cat. no. 12-615.

Upon testing the unit vs. the local power co. commercial sniffer, I found
that the newer Radio Shack receiver apparently has been upgraded with a
top-notch noise blanker.  While I could peak and null aircraft transmissions
at will, the darn thing has, to date, refused to sniff its first buzz.  Back
to the drawing board........

73, Doug / NX4D  (from the heart of BUZZ City)