Topband: detuning shunt fed tower

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Oh, sounds like you are on the cleanup trail.  Chasing out the noise is
often the major eye-opening event for state of the station.   Trust
nothing, investigate everything.  Measure, measure, measure.  Signal to
noise.   Take notes and save them.   Good luck!  73, Guy.

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 8:37 AM, N1BUG <paul at n1bug.com> wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who replied (many off list)! I will be working through
> personal replies and follow-ups but have spent most of the last 24 hours
> frantically investigating my station setup. I do have some SEVERE new noise
> issues, and that vertical still needs to be detuned. However...
>
> I also found connector problems in my receive system, which I am trying to
> correct as best I can. I became highly suspicious yesterday when I bumped
> the desk and my noise on a particular Beverage/frequency went from S1 to
> S8! The culprit in that case turned out to be a blasted RCA connector which
> has now been ripped out, thrown in the trash, and replaced by an SO-239. A
> similar fate is about to befall a few more of the devils!
>
> Thanks & 73,
>
> Paul N1BUG
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