{"id":11118,"date":"2014-10-18T11:32:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T15:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11118"},"modified":"2014-10-18T12:02:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T16:02:40","slug":"video-how-to-fight-radio-noise-in-urban-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/video-how-to-fight-radio-noise-in-urban-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: How to fight radio noise in urban areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"London\"<\/a>London Shortwave, a regular contributor<\/a> to the SWLing Post,<\/em>\u00a0lives in London, England and copes with serious amounts of radio noise (QRM)\u00a0at his home. Unlike many urban radio listeners, the QRM didn’t chase him away from the hobby, rather he looked at\u00a0it as a challenge. Besides taking his radio kit outdoors<\/a> to escape the noise, he also has a noise mitigation\u00a0set-up at his home which has been refined over the years.<\/p>\n

London Shortwave shared this video<\/a>\u00a0demonstration\u00a0earlier this year on his YouTube channel<\/a>. Here’s\u00a0his\u00a0description:<\/p>\n

In this video I demonstrate an improvement to indoor radio reception quality, which is possible to achieve in an urban environment.<\/p>\n

I compare using a Tecsun PL-390 portable receiver to a radio set-up that combines Lowe HF-150’s sync detector, the Wellbrook active loop antenna and real-time noise reduction software.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n