Red Wave Radio

Can anyone tell me how to eliminate the continous pop, pop, pop I hear
continously on all bands except for some odd reason 40m?  The fence
surrounds my property line, for I rent a farm house.

I just recently got things setup again, and was disappointed when my
fear came true of the fence.

Thank You,

KB8LFA

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Before you buy.

First of all is it your fence?   If so you might just turn it off when you
operate.  If it is not talk to the owner and offer to help him or her locate
the problem.  Modern fence charges usually do not produce the noise and the
likely problem is a poor connection in the fence wire or something that is
providing a temporary short.  If it is the charger you might offer to buy the
farmer a new one.  They really don't cost all that much these days.

Check any gates and make sure that the connections across them are making
solid contact.  They are the most likely cause of noise.

Does the noise happen all the time or are there conditions where it does not
occur?  Walk the fence line and check  that all of the insulators are in good
shape and none are cracked or broken.  Also look for grass, weeds, or other
objects that may be in contact with the fence wire.

Usually most farmers would welcome the help because the noise is probably
causing them havoc on their AM radio.

If all else fails get a radio with a good DSP and you can filter out most of
the noise.

73
Mark
AB0HJ

Been there done that.

First, not all rigs handle this well. I use my noise blanker and it knocks
it out completely with no degradation to the received signal. This is with a
Yaesu 990.

I have had other rigs here over the years that could not do the job nearly
as well. The Ten Tec Corsair, although a fine receiver, could knock the
noise out completely, however, the received signals went to absolute trash.

My ICOM 706 Mk II does a good job at knocking out the noise, but the signals
will suffer some unless you reduce the RF gain slightly.

An Icom 751 did well also, about the same as the 706.

A Drake R4 was useless!

The biggest problem with noise blankers is the degradation of the received
signals. Specifically, the receiver will pick up trash from several kcs
away - as if suddenly broadbanded or filterless.

Now about the fence. Most electric fences are loaded with joints that are
poorly constructed. Hence arcing takes place. If the entire fence was
repaired properly (with soldered joints)and the ground made properly (good
bonding technique), most or all of the noise would go away. I know, because
I have had electric fences of my own here from time to time.

Hope you have good luck with this.

Bill W2BLC