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Taking a Radio Camping

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139 points ewpratten | 1 comments | 27 Jul 24 02:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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curiousfab ◴[27 Jul 24 09:12 UTC] No.41085383[source]▶
The variation in local noise between different locations is huge. As an apartment dweller and radio amateur, this is something I am fighting every day and in a densely populated environment, the noise floor changes all the time, depending on which neighbor operates which electrical device at the time...

The amateur radio community is very aware of the problems and several initiatives have been launched to quantify the effects. One of them is the DARC's ENAMS, which is described in detail here:

https://web.tapr.org/meetings/DCC_2020/DK5HH/F_ENAMS-DCC-DK5...

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1. ewpratten ◴[27 Jul 24 18:04 UTC] No.41088287[source]▶
I plan to write about my home setup, which is... a little crazy antenna-wise.

The noise here is really bad due to my area and the construction of the building I live in. Much creativity is required to get QSOs from here.