[600MRG] Noise issues.

[Brian Pease]

Try grounding one of the 2 pins to the shell and using that as the 
shield of your coax, with the other pin to the center.  Don't expect 
great sensitivity.  If you get nice nulls off each side on a ground wave 
station then you are good to go.
On 3/11/2014 6:50 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> Gents:
>
> I am being plagued by a 20db over S-9 noise level on 80 meters, worse as
> one goes lower, somewhat better as one goes higher, but still a steady S-
> 9 on 20 meters.
>
> I propose to begin the search for the source, or sources, by integrating
> one of my excellent Stoddart loops (3 feet diameter and 6 inches
> diameter) into the borrowed FT-890 I presently am using.
>
> The Stoddart loops are fed with twin-ax, but the FT-890, of course,
> connects via an SO-239.
>
> What do you suggest I use to connect the two? A balun? Or can one simply
> short the two "hots" in the twinax together and connect the shield and
> that connection to a PL-259?
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
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