[TowerTalk] Tower location and house noise

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

I have almost a one acre lot. That may sound large to city dwellers, but 
I'd rather have about 10. When we purchased this place we were in a 
hurry to find a place more central to my wife's and my work. So with a 
relatively small space the tower went in the center of the lot, or about 
10'  NW from the NW corner of the attached garage. I've never noticed 
local noise pickup on the antennas on that tower. Most ham towers I've 
seen save a couple were adjacent to their houses.

I did have the tower about 300' from the house when we lived about 60 
miles NW of here, but the reason was height, not noise.
Actually this thread is the first I'd ever considered noise and tower 
placement other than from or to neighbors.

about 15 years ago I did have a noise pop up that affected 6-meters and 
down through 20, but it appeared to be some distance away.  It was 
basically white noise.  About a year ago a horrendous noise appeared.  I 
think it was related to a grounding problem in the system Earth ground.

Until relatively recent times there was little in my homes that would 
develop noise for the antennas to pick up. Now, every new piece that 
uses electricity has to be checked out. When we put in a new furnace, I 
specified a fan without PWM speed control and the installer agreed, in 
writing, if it caused noise he'd replace it.

73, Roger (K8RI)



On 5/22/2017 Monday 8:06 PM, RLVZ--- via TowerTalk wrote:
> Guys,
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> I'm wondering if some of you locate your tower(s) away from the  shack for
> the single purpose of minimizing man made  noises?  I have K9YC's material
> on reducing man made noises but I  haven't had a lot of success.  I'll soon
> be constructing a new  tower and am wondering if it's worth placing the tower
> a 100' from the  shack in hopes of reducing man made noises?
>   
> Thanks & 73,
>   
> Dick- K9OM
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Roger (K8RI)


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