Topband: Advice needed!

[Dave Heil]

Osten B Magnusson wrote:
> Friends!
> 
> I am QSL-manager for 9Q1EK with S9 noise in 
> Kinshasa. Georges asked me:
> 
>    > Will the MFJ1026 or the ANC-4TW from 
>    > Timewave help?  I never tested this kind 
>    > of gadgets and no idea of the efficiency.
> 
> I am not familiar with these either...
> 
> Georges does NOT have interference from
> other stations, it's some thunderstorms but
> MOSTLY from the poor electrical system in 
> the 8 million people city.
> 
> Please let me know, so that I can help 9Q1EK,
> so far he managed a few JA's and USA-stns,
> Europe isn't a big problem.
> 
> 73/DX de Osten  SM5DQC  sm5dqc at areteadsl.se

The MFJ is a fine device *but* the problems I experienced during my 
stint in Tanzania were not helped much by it.  The MFJ-1026 will do a 
great job of nulling power line noise coming from a single direction.
My problem in Dar es Salaam is that there was power line noise coming 
from a number of directions.  The 1026 was of little help in that case.

Ralph 5H3RK was only about a half-mile away from me but he lived in an 
area which was much quieter.  He heard DX stations much better than I did.

Dave Heil K8MN