Re: HT-44 driving An HT-45 and other single 3-400/3-500 amplifiers
Rick -? I detuned T2 to get the SSB power down to 50-60 watts to drive my pair of 3-500s (Tentec Centurion).? It sure would have been nice to have an ALC connection in the amp and HT-44 however.? With T2 detuned, I can still get nearly full output power (130-140 watts) on CW by just increasing the RF level control.? How's that attenuator working out for you?
73, Floyd - K8AC
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You can see all the offers on the website.
https://hayseedhamfest.com/
I have bought well over 30 capacitor sets myself. Installed without any problems so far. ? Von: [email protected] <[email protected]> Im Auftrag von Robert Needleman via groups.io
Gesendet: Montag, 17. Juni 2024 17:21
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: [HallicraftersRadios] Hayseedhamfest ? (he does not publish a phone no - probably does not want to deal with deluge of phone calls/messages. )
In a message dated 6/17/2024 8:40:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jpwatkins9@... writes:
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I have already installed the cap kit, I think they used to have a resistor kit also.? Really trying for a phone number or email address to contact them. ? On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 21:08 Jim Zellmer via <jimzellmer51=[email protected]> wrote: Check out their?website:? ? They have a kit for your S-20R.? The multi-cap can is a little pricey, by but the time you make on your own the price is not to bad. ? On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 9:18?PM John Watkins via <jpwatkins9=[email protected]> wrote: Finally getting around to my S-20R and was wondering if anyone knows if HayseedHamfest does resistor kits?? Can’t seem to find a phone number or email address for them. ? ?
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(he does not publish a phone no - probably does not want to deal with deluge of phone calls/messages. )
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73,
Bob K3AC
In a message dated 6/17/2024 8:40:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jpwatkins9@... writes:
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I have already installed the cap kit, I think they used to have a resistor kit also.? Really trying for a phone number or email address to contact them.
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John WD5ENU
On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 21:08 Jim Zellmer via <jimzellmer51= [email protected]> wrote:
Check out their?website:? ?
?
They have a kit for your S-20R.? The multi-cap can is a little pricey, by but the time you make on your own the price is not to bad.
?
73
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Jim Zellmer, KA0VSL
On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 9:18?PM John Watkins via <jpwatkins9= [email protected]> wrote: Finally getting around to my S-20R and was wondering if anyone knows if HayseedHamfest does resistor kits?? Can’t seem to find a phone number or email address for them.
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Thanks,
John WD5ENU
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On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 12:11?AM Richard Knoppow via <1oldlens1= [email protected]> wrote: Don't see the pix although they are indicated. I am pretty sure
this list allows attachments.
On 6/16/2024 5:56 PM, Ronny Julian wrote:
If you can't see the pics attached it is an SX-100.? Thanks!
On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 7:29?PM Ronny Julian via
<> <k4rjjradio=[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Let me start with a thanks for any advice.? I am greatly sight
impaired and would love to see this radio working again.? I'm trying
to get back to soldering but I've never worked on a tube rig
before.? I got this yesterday and have an Octal plug on the way from
Tubes n More.? I do not know much of the history on this.? Looking
for advice on getting it back up.? If anyone is in central FL or
nearby I'd like to talk to you about restoring it properly.? Pics
attached.? Thanks!
Ronny? W4TRI
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
SKCC 19998
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I have already installed the cap kit, I think they used to have a resistor kit also.? Really trying for a phone number or email address to contact them.
John WD5ENU
On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 21:08 Jim Zellmer via <jimzellmer51= [email protected]> wrote: Check out their?website:? ?
They have a kit for your S-20R.? The multi-cap can is a little pricey, by but the time you make on your own the price is not to bad.
73
Jim Zellmer, KA0VSL
On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 9:18?PM John Watkins via <jpwatkins9= [email protected]> wrote: Finally getting around to my S-20R and was wondering if anyone knows if HayseedHamfest does resistor kits?? Can’t seem to find a phone number or email address for them.
Thanks, John WD5ENU
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Most wires are reluctant to extend without damage.? In some situations you can replace a wire, but not with most transformers ?If ?Extend ?means add a terminal block perhaps, but I don’t know. If ?Extend ?means add a ?midway splice perhaps, but I don’t know if it will pass radio workmanship exam. Of course I might cheat too! ?I can’t sleep. The robins are too noisy. ??don ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Knoppow
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2024 11:44 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HallicraftersRadios] Hayseedhamfest? Wouldn't be simpler to just extend the wires that need it? A bit of
shrink tubing will insulate them at the joint. Rebuilding the new caps
sounds like a royal PITA.
On 6/16/2024 7:21 PM, Tom Dailey wrote: Caveat - The HS Hamfest cans DO NOT always align their bottom lugs like
the originals...? If the space is tight, it can be a royal PITA to
"stretch" wires.? I gave up and redo my own... cut 'em open with a
Dremel saw, carefully unwind the "rollup" cap material, and VERY
carefully pry the soft aluminum section-straps from the foil... After
matching your new caps to the old layout, use the barrel-crimp end of
some crimp-on connectors (cut off the rest and discard)... crimp "half"
the barrel on the aluminum strap (THIS gives you something to solder
onto!!), match up the lead arrangement and length, and after they're
together, using some REAL diuct tape (the FOIL type), put the top back
on and you're done, save for resoldering.? Note:? Mark the halves before
disassembly, so they fit well.
Tom - W?E _._,_._,_
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
SKCC 19998 ? -- don??? va3drl
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I have used sales@... before On Jun 16, 2024, at 9:03 PM, Richard Knoppow < 1oldlens1@...> wrote:
I had a look at their web site. I've done business with them in the past. I could not find any sign of an e-mail address. That is puzzling and not good. AFAIK they do not deal in resistors. You may have to make your own list but beware that the S-20R in the flesh may not be exactly as in the schematic. I had to replace several resistors in mine and replaced all the caps except for the mica caps. Hallicrafters did not use the best resistors available and the receivers are also getting very old, the last are about eighty years. I would go over all the resistors with a good ohm meter. Look for any which read higher than marked. Mostly you can read them in circuit. The read values should be equal or lower than marked since there may be other resistors in parallel with them, none should read higher than marked. Carbon comp resistors almost always go high. The caps are almost always all bad except for mica caps and some of those can be bad. My memory is that there is one low-inductance paper cap with woven flat leads. I have no idea who made these but a modern film capacitor will have better (lost a word I want but means unwanted) inductance properties than the specials did when new. Note also that Hallicrafters sometimes used resistors in parallel to get values they evidently could not get in a single resistor to keep production going. Lots of changes to get boxes out the back door. I think one or more of the antique radio suppliers sells kits of resistors but can't tell you exactly who. I should find out since there is no longer any walk in store in Los Angeles where this stuff is available. The restored S-20R will surprise you, its actually quite a good receiver. On 6/16/2024 6:18 PM, John Watkins wrote: Finally getting around to my S-20R and was wondering if anyone knows if
HayseedHamfest does resistor kits?? Can’t seem to find a phone number or
email address for them.
Thanks,
John WD5ENU -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles WB6KBL SKCC 19998
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Don't see the pix although they are indicated. I am pretty sure
this list allows attachments.
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On 6/16/2024 5:56 PM, Ronny Julian wrote: If you can't see the pics attached it is an SX-100.? Thanks!
On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 7:29?PM Ronny Julian via groups.io
<> <k4rjjradio@...
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Let me start with a thanks for any advice.? I am greatly sight
impaired and would love to see this radio working again.? I'm trying
to get back to soldering but I've never worked on a tube rig
before.? I got this yesterday and have an Octal plug on the way from
Tubes n More.? I do not know much of the history on this.? Looking
for advice on getting it back up.? If anyone is in central FL or
nearby I'd like to talk to you about restoring it properly.? Pics
attached.? Thanks!
Ronny? W4TRI
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
SKCC 19998
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How badly impaired are you? Its important to whatever advice is
appropriate.
Two things about tube rigs: they are larger than solid state and
often need a larger, i.e. more massive, soldering iron, and the voltages
are higher. You need to be more aware of safety. While the danger of
getting killed is often exaggerated the danger of getting a painful
shock is quite real.
If you can read fairly easily look at books from before the 1960s
for general information on shop practice. The ARRL "Radio Amateur's
Handbook" usually has a good section on this and there were many other
handbooks aimed at hams. People did a lot more construction in the old
days and the techniques needed for repair and restoration are about the
same.
Good luck with finding someone not too far away, can't help with that.
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On 6/16/2024 4:08 PM, Ronny Julian wrote: Let me start with a thanks for any advice.? I am greatly sight impaired
and would love to see this radio working again.? I'm trying to get back
to soldering but I've never worked on a tube rig before.? I got this
yesterday and have an Octal plug on the way from Tubes n More.? I do not
know much of the history on this.? Looking for advice on getting it back
up.? If anyone is in central FL or nearby I'd like to talk to you about
restoring it properly.? Pics attached.? Thanks!
Ronny? W4TRI
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
SKCC 19998
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I had a look at their web site. I've done business with them in the
past. I could not find any sign of an e-mail address. That is puzzling
and not good.
AFAIK they do not deal in resistors. You may have to make your own
list but beware that the S-20R in the flesh may not be exactly as in the
schematic. I had to replace several resistors in mine and replaced all
the caps except for the mica caps. Hallicrafters did not use the best
resistors available and the receivers are also getting very old, the
last are about eighty years. I would go over all the resistors with a
good ohm meter. Look for any which read higher than marked. Mostly you
can read them in circuit. The read values should be equal or lower than
marked since there may be other resistors in parallel with them, none
should read higher than marked. Carbon comp resistors almost always go
high. The caps are almost always all bad except for mica caps and some
of those can be bad.
My memory is that there is one low-inductance paper cap with woven
flat leads. I have no idea who made these but a modern film capacitor
will have better (lost a word I want but means unwanted) inductance
properties than the specials did when new. Note also that Hallicrafters
sometimes used resistors in parallel to get values they evidently could
not get in a single resistor to keep production going. Lots of changes
to get boxes out the back door.
I think one or more of the antique radio suppliers sells kits of
resistors but can't tell you exactly who. I should find out since there
is no longer any walk in store in Los Angeles where this stuff is
available.
The restored S-20R will surprise you, its actually quite a good
receiver.
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On 6/16/2024 6:18 PM, John Watkins wrote: Finally getting around to my S-20R and was wondering if anyone knows if
HayseedHamfest does resistor kits?? Can’t seem to find a phone number or
email address for them.
Thanks,
John WD5ENU
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
SKCC 19998
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Wouldn't be simpler to just extend the wires that need it? A bit of
shrink tubing will insulate them at the joint. Rebuilding the new caps
sounds like a royal PITA.
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On 6/16/2024 7:21 PM, Tom Dailey wrote: Caveat - The HS Hamfest cans DO NOT always align their bottom lugs like
the originals...? If the space is tight, it can be a royal PITA to
"stretch" wires.? I gave up and redo my own... cut 'em open with a
Dremel saw, carefully unwind the "rollup" cap material, and VERY
carefully pry the soft aluminum section-straps from the foil... After
matching your new caps to the old layout, use the barrel-crimp end of
some crimp-on connectors (cut off the rest and discard)... crimp "half"
the barrel on the aluminum strap (THIS gives you something to solder
onto!!), match up the lead arrangement and length, and after they're
together, using some REAL diuct tape (the FOIL type), put the top back
on and you're done, save for resoldering.? Note:? Mark the halves before
disassembly, so they fit well.
Tom - W?E _._,_._,_
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
SKCC 19998
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Ronny, By experience it works with jpg’ s ?probably png’s ???but ?not tif’s? and whoNose I have never seen any info on what? file types work.? ?don ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ronny Julian
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2024 8:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HallicraftersRadios] Advice on begining? If you can't see the pics attached it is an SX-100.? Thanks! ? -- don??? va3drl
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Caveat - The HS Hamfest cans DO NOT always align their bottom lugs like
the originals...? If the space is tight, it can be a royal PITA to
"stretch" wires.? I gave up and redo my own... cut 'em open with a
Dremel saw, carefully unwind the "rollup" cap material, and VERY
carefully pry the soft aluminum section-straps from the foil... After
matching your new caps to the old layout, use the barrel-crimp end of
some crimp-on connectors (cut off the rest and discard)... crimp "half"
the barrel on the aluminum strap (THIS gives you something to solder
onto!!), match up the lead arrangement and length, and after they're
together, using some REAL diuct tape (the FOIL type), put the top back
on and you're done, save for resoldering.? Note:? Mark the halves before
disassembly, so they fit well.
Tom - W?E
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Check out their?website:? ?
They have a kit for your S-20R.? The multi-cap can is a little pricey, by but the time you make on your own the price is not to bad.
73
Jim Zellmer, KA0VSL
On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 9:18?PM John Watkins via <jpwatkins9= [email protected]> wrote: Finally getting around to my S-20R and was wondering if anyone knows if HayseedHamfest does resistor kits?? Can’t seem to find a phone number or email address for them.
Thanks, John WD5ENU
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Finally getting around to my S-20R and was wondering if anyone knows if HayseedHamfest does resistor kits?? Can’t seem to find a phone number or email address for them.
Thanks, John WD5ENU
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If you can't see the pics attached it is an SX-100.? Thanks!
On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 7:29?PM Ronny Julian via <k4rjjradio= [email protected]> wrote: Let me start with a thanks for any advice.? I am greatly sight impaired and would love to see this radio working again.? I'm trying to get back to soldering but I've never worked on a tube rig before.? I got this yesterday and have an Octal plug on the way from Tubes n More.? I do not know much of the history on this.? Looking for advice on getting it back up.? If anyone is in central FL or nearby I'd like to talk to you about restoring it properly.? Pics attached.? Thanks!
Ronny? W4TRI
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Let me start with a thanks for any advice.? I am greatly sight impaired and would love to see this radio working again.? I'm trying to get back to soldering but I've never worked on a tube rig before.? I got this yesterday and have an Octal plug on the way from Tubes n More.? I do not know much of the history on this.? Looking for advice on getting it back up.? If anyone is in central FL or nearby I'd like to talk to you about restoring it properly.? Pics attached.? Thanks! Ronny? W4TRI
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SR2000 blower replacement
I used walts guid and ordered the Amazon motor.? I found an aluminum OD 1/4 threaded spacer at ACE.? Take the wheel with you.? I then drilled the center of the threads out to fit the 5/16 motor shaft. Insert into wheel and tighten.? Tap spacer and wheel down on shaft and assemble.? This runs super smooth and has much more air flow.? Low speed is perfect speed.
C
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Re: SX-117 noise limiter behavior
Hello all,
Thought I would weigh in on this thread.?
I have an ANC-4 that I decided was not working. Sometimes there seemed to be an effect, othertimes none. So I sent it back to the factory for evaluation. This was $60 plus shipping both ways to learn there was nothing wrong with the unit.
I did chat with two folks at TimeWave and learned the following:
As the ANC-4 works by sampling noise, then inverting the noise signal and adding it to the main signal, it will only be successful if the noise on both antennas is matched. The manual recommends a short dipole close the ground for the noise antenna, but the folks at TimeWave said to use whatever works. That is to say, you should arrange the noise antenna as vertical, horizontal, or whatever just so you can ge the same noise signature and level on both antennas.
There is a level control on the ANC-4, but the range may not be sufficient to match both signals.?
I was told that the unit only works properly if there is a well characterized single noise source. That is, ?there should be something "tangible" to detect, invert and cancel.?
For random grunge from scores of SMPS sources coming from all directions in your neighborhood, the ANC-4 is likely to be ineffective. On the otherhand, if your neighbor's garage plasma cutter runs 24/7 you might just be able to zap it away.
This is the best case to sign off with "YMMV", as it certainly will.
Cheers,
=Randy= WB6MAI
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On Sat, 2024-06-15 at 20:41 -0400, don Root via groups.io wrote: Hello all. I just read the ANC-4 ?blurb.? ?It seems to me that if the noise comes from? wiring in the house, use a small noise “antenna /wire near the” sourse or maybe near the wiring, but if the noise is from outside power lines, use a longer outdoor wire.? They ??leave the whole type of main antenna to be a mystery. No wonder ?there are reports that it works well and others that it is bogus. ?IMO the noise? location[s] and the antenna combinations used is missing, and must be a very big topic.???? don ? ? The ANC-4 by Timewave is a very effective device for limiting local noise. ?I get more than 40dB reduction, sometimes more, so that weak signals stand out against an almost silent background. ?MFJ makes a similar device. ?These devices use an active RF circuit to amplify the offending noise from a separate antenna, and then beat it against the same noise in your main antenna. ?They really work. I see some used ones online around 125 bucks. ? Preston WJ2V
On Jun 10, 2024, at 1:52 PM, Maynard Wright, P. E., W6PAP via <ma.wright@...> wrote: ? The use of a noise antenna and associated circuitry is independent of
the nature of the noise, whether or not it's periodic and whether or not
it's random.
Ideally, the signal antenna would receive the signal plus the offending
noise and the noise antenna would receive just the noise. The combining
network would be adjusted to combine the two signals so that their time
domain noise components would be equal in amplitude but opposite in
polarity so that they would cancel and leave only the desired signal at
the input to the receiver.
There are several potential difficulties that make this system less than
perfect in most, if not all, implementations, but it may reduce the
noise enough to be useful in some situations.
73,
Maynard
W6PAP
On 6/9/24 17:11, Mike Feher wrote: It seems to me, that since noise is neither correlate-able or
stochastic, elimination is not possible. Also the multiple antenna
theory is out the window since RF generated noise travels at the speed
of light. 73 – Mike
Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell NJ 07731
908-902-3831
*From:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
*On Behalf Of *Maynard Wright, P. E., W6PAP via
*Sent:* Sunday, June 9, 2024 7:31 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [HallicraftersRadios] SX-117 noise limiter behavior
Another technique for reducing or eliminating noise was to introduce
local noise to the front end of a receiver from a local "noise antenna."
The amplitude and phase of that noise could be adjusted to, hopefully,
cancel the noise received by the signal antenna.
Early BC-342 and BC-312 receivers featured a noise suppression circuit
of this type. War Department TM 11-850 states that the noise antenna
was intended to eliminate ignition noise when the receiver was mounted
in a vehicle.
By the time my BC-342-N was born (1942), the noise antenna and
associated circuitry were omitted, so that circuit may not have worked
well. The September, 1946 revision of the TM notes that spare parts
were no longer available for the noise suppression circuit and
recommends removing it if any of the components fail.
MFJ has featured at least one similar unit, the MFJ-1026, which is now
listed as sold out. There are other such units available but I have no
experience with them.
73,
Maynard
W6PAP
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Re: SX-117 noise limiter behavior
Hello all. I just read the ANC-4 ?blurb.? ?It seems to me that if the noise comes from? wiring in the house, use a small noise “antenna /wire near the” sourse or maybe near the wiring, but if the noise is from outside power lines, use a longer outdoor wire.? They ??leave the whole type of main antenna to be a mystery. No wonder ?there are reports that it works well and others that it is bogus. ?IMO the noise? location[s] and the antenna combinations used is missing, and must be a very big topic.???? don ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Preston Douglas via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 11:19 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HallicraftersRadios] SX-117 noise limiter behavior? The ANC-4 by Timewave is a very effective device for limiting local noise. ?I get more than 40dB reduction, sometimes more, so that weak signals stand out against an almost silent background. ?MFJ makes a similar device. ?These devices use an active RF circuit to amplify the offending noise from a separate antenna, and then beat it against the same noise in your main antenna. ?They really work. I see some used ones online around 125 bucks. ? Preston WJ2V
On Jun 10, 2024, at 1:52 PM, Maynard Wright, P. E., W6PAP via <ma.wright@...> wrote: ? The use of a noise antenna and associated circuitry is independent of
the nature of the noise, whether or not it's periodic and whether or not
it's random.
Ideally, the signal antenna would receive the signal plus the offending
noise and the noise antenna would receive just the noise. The combining
network would be adjusted to combine the two signals so that their time
domain noise components would be equal in amplitude but opposite in
polarity so that they would cancel and leave only the desired signal at
the input to the receiver.
There are several potential difficulties that make this system less than
perfect in most, if not all, implementations, but it may reduce the
noise enough to be useful in some situations.
73,
Maynard
W6PAP
On 6/9/24 17:11, Mike Feher wrote: It seems to me, that since noise is neither correlate-able or
stochastic, elimination is not possible. Also the multiple antenna
theory is out the window since RF generated noise travels at the speed
of light. 73 – Mike
Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell NJ 07731
908-902-3831
*From:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
*On Behalf Of *Maynard Wright, P. E., W6PAP via
*Sent:* Sunday, June 9, 2024 7:31 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [HallicraftersRadios] SX-117 noise limiter behavior
Another technique for reducing or eliminating noise was to introduce
local noise to the front end of a receiver from a local "noise antenna."
The amplitude and phase of that noise could be adjusted to, hopefully,
cancel the noise received by the signal antenna.
Early BC-342 and BC-312 receivers featured a noise suppression circuit
of this type. War Department TM 11-850 states that the noise antenna
was intended to eliminate ignition noise when the receiver was mounted
in a vehicle.
By the time my BC-342-N was born (1942), the noise antenna and
associated circuitry were omitted, so that circuit may not have worked
well. The September, 1946 revision of the TM notes that spare parts
were no longer available for the noise suppression circuit and
recommends removing it if any of the components fail.
MFJ has featured at least one similar unit, the MFJ-1026, which is now
listed as sold out. There are other such units available but I have no
experience with them.
73,
Maynard
W6PAP
-- don??? va3drl
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Floyd - K8AC
don Root