by 2E0SOF silent key » Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:13 am
Due to yet more interference on HF !
I have over the past 10 years been plaged with local noise. All reported to ofcom with great results , but a months later more noise! . But recently again on 40m and partly on 80m I have 9+ of noise making the 40m a no go ! .
I decided there is an option eather sell all the HF radio eq, or keep it turned off hi
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Then someone I know had his MFJ 1026 up for sale . So in the end I thought ok lets buy this unit and give it a try. I set the unit up for an external ant , inside there is a pin that needs to be placed on pin one. so checked this was in place. After reading and watching videos of this unit in action I needed to put up a antenna. Now the Aux antenna only needs to RX the noise. I made a short wire antenna and put it out the window. this did not work as I thought it would reason = it was not picking up the noise Int from this antenna on 40m. So I realised I had a good run of coax feeder that ran from the shack to the bottom of the garden that I connect the mag loop to ... loop is not connected out side. Just open feeder, I connected the run of coax to the MFJ 2026 just used the inner of the coax into the unit. with 9+ of noise and tunned the unit and bood the noise is gone ! Well woth the investment if you suffer from int. Now 40m I can hear as normal and its great to give the noise the one finger salute ! I may add a video at some point . I just need to now put another rum of coax down the yard for the mag loop
Due to yet more interference on HF !
I have over the past 10 years been plaged with local noise. All reported to ofcom with great results , but a months later more noise! . But recently again on 40m and partly on 80m I have 9+ of noise making the 40m a no go ! .
I decided there is an option eather sell all the HF radio eq, or keep it turned off hi ;).
Then someone I know had his MFJ 1026 up for sale . So in the end I thought ok lets buy this unit and give it a try. I set the unit up for an external ant , inside there is a pin that needs to be placed on pin one. so checked this was in place. After reading and watching videos of this unit in action I needed to put up a antenna. Now the Aux antenna only needs to RX the noise. I made a short wire antenna and put it out the window. this did not work as I thought it would reason = it was not picking up the noise Int from this antenna on 40m. So I realised I had a good run of coax feeder that ran from the shack to the bottom of the garden that I connect the mag loop to ... loop is not connected out side. Just open feeder, I connected the run of coax to the MFJ 2026 just used the inner of the coax into the unit. with 9+ of noise and tunned the unit and bood the noise is gone ! Well woth the investment if you suffer from int. Now 40m I can hear as normal and its great to give the noise the one finger salute ! I may add a video at some point . I just need to now put another rum of coax down the yard for the mag loop ;)