Subj : Antenna Noise Canceller No 4
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From : G8MNY
Date : Tue Aug 27 2019 11:04 pm

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Subj: Antenna Noise Canceller No 4
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By G8MNY                             (Updated Jun 19)
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A few years ago I bought one of these HF RF noise cancellers by JPS (Timewave
make the same item).

It works by null steering principle of using a 2nd noise pick up aerial & phase
changing it signal & level, to exactly cancel the main aerial noise. The
principle is quite different to the digital signal processing used in the BHI
NES LS or modern SDR rigs. Sometimes I also use my rigs tunable inpulse Noise
Blanker, to remove very spiky ignition like noise too if the adjacent chanels
are free of strong signals. The 3 methods used together can make a really good
shack noise reduction system.

  .-------------------------------.       .-------------------------------.
 //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\     //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\
³³              /~\    Freq   /~\  ³³   ³³    /~\     /~\     12V   Noise  ³³
³³  _    Phase ³( )³  Range  ³( )³ ³³   ³³   ³ o ³   ³ o ³   Power Antenna ³³
³³ (_) o  (_)   \_/    (_)    \_/  ³³   ³³    \_/     \_/     (ú)    (o)   ³³
³³Power        Phase         Gain  ³³   ³³    Ant    Radio                 ³³
ÀÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙÙ   ÀÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙÙ
               FRONT                                     REAR

The unit has Auto Tx RF sensor, & quickly switches to through Tx mode when up
to 100W of RF is detected. And it is in through mode when switch off.

Three press buttons select "Power On", "Phase Range" & "Freq Range", 2 pots are
then carefully used to get a deep noise null (20 to 30dB), if the noise is
coming from a single direction!

MODIFIED POLAR DIAGRAM       _
            ___   ___       ú ''ú   Noise
           /   \³/   \      \³   \  Nulled
Noise     (     x     )           ) Out
           \___/³\___/      /³   /  Heart
          Dipole Paturn     ú_..ú   Paturn

For the noise aerial, I use an external 20ft of wire (not the optional tele-
scopic rod) not near the Tx/Rx aerial.

 Wire  \³/  --- 30ft-----  \³/Main  Other
 Noise  ³                   ³Tx/Rx  Aerial
  Ant   ³ _____   __   ___  ³        \³/
        ³³ANC-4³ ³PA³ ³ATUÃÄÙ         ³
        À´_____ÃÄ´__ÃÄ´___ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
         12V ³
             ³ ______     ___   __/
             À´HF RIGÃÄÄÄ´BHIÃÄ´LS³
           12V³ +NB  ³ 12V~~~   ~~\
               ~~~~~~
A noise aerial that is too close, will pick up the same phase, & nulling will
remove the noise & all wanted signals too! Also on Tx too much RF up the Noise
ant port will cause failure of the 100R protection resistor. (Mounted on PCB
storks in case!) So do take an internal picture, just in case U need to replace
a burnt R in yours! 

IN USE
I found that you soon get used to the ANC-4 pot settings, which will alter
depending on the ATU settings & aerial used. As the RF null signals in front of
the HF Rx, the affects are real. And further rig DSP or post rig BHI DSP noise
processing will complement the overall noise reduction, without much wanted
signal degradation.

With 2 noise sources e.g. mains 100Hz Buzz (sounds like fried eggs, & seen on a
Scope displaying AF & timbase locked to mains) that are on different mains
phases, from 2 neighbours, I get better Rx results with a different "Other"
Aerial on Rx, so I switch the ATU & re-tweak the ANC-4 for best null, but still
Tx on the main aerial.



See my Tech Bul on "BHI Noise Eliminating DSP LS.

Y don't U send an interesting bul?

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