I am working on this piece by piece and replacing a few things... so i can eliminate one potential cause at a time
On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Arthur Delibert <[email protected]> wrote: > Regardless of how the Wellbrook is powered, a faulty part on the > powerlines will generate RF energy across a wide range of frequencies and > act as an antenna to broadcast that noise all over the place. The > Wellbrook will pick it up just as it will pick up any other radio signal. > > > > You *might* get a sense of where it’s coming from by using the loop to > try to null it out, but that can be hard with powerline noise, because the > lines themselves can carry it for a long way. Sometimes a vhf am radio > (like one that covers the air traffic control frequencies around 120 MHz) > with a directional antenna can be used to locate the source. If you can > find it, ask the local power company to fix it. > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Paul B. Walker, Jr. <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Monday, October 16, 2017 2:07 PM > *To: *[email protected] > *Cc: *Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>; > [email protected]; [email protected]; ODXA > yg <[email protected]>; Short-Wave radio Listening > <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [HCDX] [badx] Troubleshooting a crackling noise on my > HF/SWradio(s) > > > > The wellbrook gear is powered by 8 d batteries in a battery holder, sorry I > > didnt make that clear. Only thing using mains power is the radio(s) > > themselves > > > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 2:06 PM, 'Allan Dunn, K1UCY' > > [email protected] [badx] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure it is not power line related which the Wellbrook picks up? > A > > > faulty lightning protector on the power line may cause this. Impacted by > > > the rain. > > > > > > On 10/16/2017 1:14 PM, 'Paul B. Walker, Jr.' > [email protected] > > > [badx] wrote: > > > > > > > > > Uggh, I've been pulling my hair out over crackling I'm hearing on the > > > HF/SW bands for the last month or so. > > > _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
