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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 03:50:25 -0500
From: adamvaz at palm.net (Adam Vazquez)
To: hamjoel at juno.com, qrp-l at Lehigh.EDU
Subject: [121885] Re: Joel's mobile Truck.... continued
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Hello de Adam Kb2Jpd

Ground the hood to the body of the truck. Use copper straps. Try it
again. Big difference when you do it to the antenna, also.

Check out the PDF's about mobile installations at www.sgcworld.com. Big
help.


hamjoel at juno.com wrote on 3/11/02 3:36 pm:

>Ok
>        hears what ah done 
>today... I took a 12v 5ah 
>battery into the
>truck and hooked the qrp+ 
>to it... checked the receiver
>and found no noise in it...
>turned the ignition key to on 
>but did not start motor, still 
>clear...
>started the motor and the 
>noise came back but not as 
>bad
>as it was when I used the 
>truck's battery...and of 
>course dissapeared
>when I disconnected the 
>ant....
>        However now I could hear 
>the popping, the alt wine and 
>the noise
>increase when I steped on 
>the gas....(with the ant 
>connected)
>        so seems ah got 
>problems under the hood... 
>oh dear me....
>
>ke1la joel
>in maine

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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:53:37 -0500
From: Pete Burbank <plburbank at kih.net>
To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" <qrp-l at Lehigh.EDU>
Subject: [121918] Re: Joel's mobile Truck.... continued

At 03:50 AM 3/12/2002 -0500, Adam Vazquez wrote:
>Hello de Adam Kb2Jpd
>
>Ground the hood to the body of the truck. Use copper straps. Try it
>again. Big difference when you do it to the antenna, also.
>
>Check out the PDF's about mobile installations at www.sgcworld.com. Big
>help.
>

I cured a nasty noise problem on my old Nissan by clamping a ground strap
to the exhaust pipe and connecting to the frame. The location was about
half way along the length of the pipe.
73
Pete NV4V

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