anybody have the original link for this topic form the other site. i have tried various keywords and can't find the article.
since i am doing carrier current i would like to read the article posted over there if anyone has access beyond http://log-in-for-more
this is not a bash the other site thread i am looking for info that will help me in my endevors into carrier current am broadcasting.
i would like to get in contact with the guys running carrier current and covering their whole town as well. if you don't feel comfortable posting the link here then you can anonymously drop it at forumsnotify [at] gmail [dot] com
I'd be interested to know how to pull it off as well. Could help lots of us.
At least that's what I think.
Carrier Current outcomes are difficult
to predict.
And it's dangerous if you don't know
what you are doing.
A few more comments to follow.
Brooce, Part 15, Hartford CT
carrier current the results are not spectacular but it does get out much better than my 15.219 system i was using.
Well if Carrier Current gets out better than any 15:219 AM system I'll do it once I find someone who knows how to wire it up in my local area as I'm not skilled in Electrical wireing. Then from what I've seen while riding and the map that I could easily cover up to the Deltaville market. The substation is down the road from the market. This could mean at least 2 miles of coverage and best of all it should pound through the noise and static on AM.
The way I understand it too The Table At Wiltom restaurant should hear my signal really nicely too as its on the way from the market to where I live. Almost a straight line. Even FM could have issues with penetration but CC is a no brainer.
What would it take to modify those baby monitors and old cordless phones to transmit AM on 1630 Khz as they are all set for carrier current on a standard AC outlet. Just some thinking on CC if I understand things right.
amazing.
I don't know how they worked. One hang up was that they used
frequency modulation on 1630, and whatever nearby frequencies
they were on.
I have to say, if you are going to do CC, you need a real engineer
and electrician in your house. That's what I did, and my CC set-up
worked, but not very well. Because if your house wiring is wrong
you could burn your house down. And you can only do that once.
You cannot take any chances.
Best wishes
Brooce, Part 15 Hartford CT
yeah I'm actually renting so that would be a Real bad thing.
so neutral loaded carrier current here makes more sense than 15.219, basically as long as your house is wired up to NEC standards and you don't have aluminum wiring you should be good to go.
i am just using a regular outlet to insert the coupler. you can't have anything between coupler and outlet, no filters or power strips, etc.
Is the standard AC coupler safe? Is it plug N Play and tune the dial till the meater reads the highest like we do with an ATU or is it SWR meter based?
Is there a place where I can buy a standard 110 outlet coupler? I know the 220 ones I would not touch with a ten foot pole as I'm not skilled it wireing and 220 volts will fry you. 110 is still a great danger too if you short something out.
I'd get me a variable linear amp for my Talking House or better yet find a better transmitter like the Spitfire and wire it to the coupler with antenna adapters and tune it and away I'd go. Hopfully 2-5 Watts is all I'd need for my coverage to the market.
i have mine tied to the neutral on 110 outlet and a seperate 2ft ground rod in the dirt bed outside my door. just wire either a standard 220 or 110 plug on the end.
if you are on a gorund floor and can use a seperate ground then the neutral load works better if you do not have access to dirt or are on an upper floor then you have to use the hot loading method.
Part 15 Engineer, you might do better with a longer grounding rod into the earth, since carrier current works by a loop going out from your house wiring across the power grid, and return is through the earth to your station ground. The deeper ground should give you a better signal out in the field.
Here's something I haven't seen discussed with carrier current.. Guides always talk about the importance of putting in ground rods, but I haven't seen it mentioned if a radial ground system would be of any use or an improvement.
With antenna stations, the customary practice is to have a ground rod or rods at the base of the antenna, and radials going out.
Given that carrier current in a residential neighborhood situation is less well known than at schools, maybe it's just an idea that hasn't come up yet. Anyone tried it?
two footer in the ground.
i had to do it uner the cover of darkness since i rent in an apartment complex.
i would have loved ot get an 8 footer in the ground but it just is not feasible till we get our own house and property.