= NOW 25 WPM = TEXT IS FROM MARCH 2022 QST PAGE 48 = PERHAPS A SHORT PIECE OF WIRE COULD PICK UP THE NOISE AS WELL, BUT THE STRENGTH OF THE DESIRED SIGNAL WOULD BE MUCH LOWER. THEN THE NOISE IN COMMON TO THE TWO ANTENNAS CAN BE NULLED OUT IN THE QRM ELIMINATOR, WHILE THE DESIRED SIGNAL WILL NOT NULL OUT BECAUSE ITS AMPLITUDE IS MUCH GREATER ON THE MAIN ANTENNA. THE INCLUDED INSTRUCTION SHEET BRIEFLY DISCUSSES THE ANTENNA FUNCTIONS AND NOTES THAT THE SECOND ANTENNA SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH FROM THE MAIN ONE THAT IT DOES NOT PICK UP ENOUGH SIGNAL WHEN TRANSMITTING TO DAMAGE THE QRM ELIMINATOR. THE SECOND ANTENNA MUST BE STATIONARY FOR THE NOISE TO NULL OUT PROPERLY, BECAUSE THE RELATIVE AMPLITUDE AND PHASE COMING FROM BOTH ANTENNAS SHOULD STAY CONSTANT, OR ELSE THE CONTROLS WILL NEED TO BE READJUSTED. EVEN SO, A STATIONARY TRUCK, FOR EXAMPLE, COULD PRODUCE NOISE THAT CAN BE NULLED OUT, BUT IF IT IS MOVING, THE NOISE WILL NOT NULL AS WELL AT THE SAME SETTINGS. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT RIGIDLY = END OF 25 WPM TEXT = QST DE W1AW <