A couple of years ago a friend of mine suddenly had a wide band HF noise problem. It was found that the TV cable in his neighbor's yard had a broken shield.
Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, "Real Radios Glow in the Dark" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:11 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Noise Update > A few weeks ago, I was one of the instigators of a thread on this list about > finding and eliminating noise. > > I have been battling a serious noise from the BC band through 40 meters > since April of last year. > > It had been determined that the noise was coming from something in a house > about a block away on another street. > > Today, thanks to a third party, the noise was traced to a DVD player. Once > this machine was unplugged, it went away. > > The player was an older model. We suspect it received a spike from some > nearby lightning which occurred at about the time the problem began. > > He says he will replace it. > > So for now at least, 75 and 40 meters are useable again. > > > > > Mike Duke, K5XU > American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
