X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [65.54.250.81] (HELO hotmail.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTP id 987350 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:16:04 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.54.250.81; envelope-from=lors01@msn.com Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:15:18 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 4.171.150.149 by BAY115-DAV9.phx.gbl with DAV; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:15:18 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [4.171.150.149] X-Originating-Email: [lors01@msn.com] X-Sender: lors01@msn.com From: "Tracy Crook" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Radio noise saga Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:15:16 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00EF_01C632E1.E2072FB0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.10.0011.1703 Seal-Send-Time: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:15:16 -0500 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Feb 2006 15:15:18.0307 (UTC) FILETIME=[CBC65F30:01C6330B] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00EF_01C632E1.E2072FB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just as a side note, I'd be amazed if you ever got a compass to work in = that plane with the separate + & Gnd wires on opposite sides of plane. = You have made a very large electromagnet around the fuselage. Tracy ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Bulent Aliev=20 Subject: [FlyRotary] Radio noise saga Just came back from the hangar. My hangar neighbor is a electrical =20 engineer and was helping me. Tried few things: Checked all the pinouts on the RST AP and everything was fine Powered the AP and radio with a separate battery independent from the = planes + and- : No change Installed the 20A Radio Shack filter Bob Nuckols recommended: No = change BTW Radio Shack has discontinued all the noise suppressors that we =20 can use. I found one left over. Than I checked with my handheld and my headset inside the cockpit. No = connections of any kind to the plane. With squelch on high gain, I =20 can hear all the noises. Than it hit me: there is an antenna =20 radiating all the noises. Bob Nuckols warned against use of wire =20 conduits in both side of the plane. When I moved the batteries to the nose from the spar a month ago, I =20 run two #2 wires the whole length of the fuselage to the firewall. =20 Being nervous having positive and neg. in the same conduit, I run one = in each side. So, I think I created a very good antenna. I have a long HD battery jumper cable ready to test instead of both =20 cables in place now, but I got hungry and tired and left it for =20 tomorrow. Buly -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: = http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ ------=_NextPart_000_00EF_01C632E1.E2072FB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Just as a side note, I'd be amazed if you ever got a compass = to work=20 in that plane with the separate + & Gnd wires on opposite sides of=20 plane. You have made a very large electromagnet around the = fuselage.

Tracy

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From: Bulent Aliev

Subject: [FlyRotary] Radio = noise=20 saga

Just came back from the hangar. My hangar neighbor is a = electrical
engineer and was helping me. Tried few = things:
Checked=20 all the pinouts on the RST AP and everything was fine
Powered the = AP and=20 radio with a separate battery independent from the
planes + = and- :=20 No change
Installed the 20A Radio Shack filter Bob Nuckols =20 recommended: No change
BTW Radio Shack has discontinued all the = noise=20 suppressors that we
can use. I found one left over.
Than = I=20 checked with my handheld and my headset inside the cockpit. No =20
connections of any kind to the plane. With squelch on high gain, = I =20
can hear all the noises. Than it hit me: there is an antenna =
radiating all the noises. Bob Nuckols warned against use of = wire =20
conduits in both side of the plane.

When I moved the = batteries to=20 the nose from the spar a month ago, I
run two #2 wires the = whole=20 length of the fuselage to the firewall.
Being nervous having = positive and neg. in the same conduit, I run one
in each=20 side.
So, I think I created a very good antenna.
I have a long = HD=20 battery jumper cable ready to test instead of both
cables in = place=20 now, but I got hungry and tired and left it for =20
tomorrow.

Buly

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