Roger,
Thanks for the reference locations. I knew they were somewhere I had seen
but could not remember where. The dumb blanker is truly unbelievable! The noise
is everywhere, but peaks to the West. I'm sure you have seen my grid totals in
the contest and realize large grid totals come from that direction (500 miles
with winter conditions). The most amazing thing is that I can't hear any
difference in noise floor while I tune through the noise source. The beacons
that are in the South, southwest direction are impossible to copy unless the
blanker is on. I will be a presenter at the North East Conference and will show
some screen dumps. This system is so good that I will be using Linrad to receive
all bands! I was going to try and communicate my problems with interference with
the noise source, now I probably won't. I don't think the noise hurts my ability
to work the "weak ones."
Life is good, thanks Leif, Stan
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