FT1000MP and the ANC-4 by Timewave
Discovered a great way to use the JPS ANC-4 Noise Canceller with the
FT-1000MP. You won't see this little gem explained in either manual, so
print and save (use a fixed-pitch font such as Courier).
Yaesu
FT-1000MP JPS ANC-4
Yaesu FT-1000MP JPS ANC-4
+---------------------------------+ +----------------------------+
| Ant +13.8V ---RX ANT--- | | Main Noise |
| A DC IN OUT | | Ant Radio 12V Ant |
+-----|-------|-----|--------|----+ +--|--------|------|-----|---+
| | | +-------------+ | | |
To main | | | | To noise
xmit ant | +-------------------------------+ | ant
| |
+--------------------------------------------+
With this arrangement, all you have to do is press the "RX Ant" button on the
FT-1000MP to activate noise reduction through the ANC-4. You can use the ANC-4
at full QSK speeds, with no switching delays, because the FT-1000MP takes care
of all T/R switching. No RF is ever sent through the ANC-4, except what is
picked up by the Noise Ant line during transmit. The relays stay quiet. If you
want to listen to the main antenna, with no noise reduction, just press the RX
Ant button again, and you're back to listening on the transmit antenna. The
circuit above effectively makes the "RX Ant" button on the FT-1000MP into an
"ANC-4 In/Out" switch. Great for
line noise situations (such as mine).
Important tip: your noise antenna has to hear the same noise as your main
antenna, within 10-20 dB, or the ANC-4 can't do its job. I use a low dipole on
20m -- works great. 73,Bob, N6TV