Sorry – I should have read your original post before responding. Does the noise return when you start using the Wellbrook again? Noise from a faulty powerline component often appears when the weather gets very dry and disappears when it rains. So you should do more than one test of putting the Wellbrook in and taking it out again.
Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Paul B. Walker, Jr.<mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 7:12 PM To: Arthur Delibert<mailto:radio7...@msn.com> Cc: b...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:b...@yahoogroups.com>; Hard-Core-DX<mailto:Hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>; worldbandra...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:worldbandra...@yahoogroups.com>; primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com>; ODXA yg<mailto:o...@yahoogroups.com>; Short-Wave radio Listening<mailto:s...@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [HCDX] [badx] Troubleshooting a crackling noise on my HF/SWradio(s) 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 <radio7...@msn.com<mailto:radio7...@msn.com>> 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.<mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 2:07 PM To: b...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:b...@yahoogroups.com> Cc: Hard-Core-DX<mailto:Hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>; worldbandra...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:worldbandra...@yahoogroups.com>; primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com>; ODXA yg<mailto:o...@yahoogroups.com>; Short-Wave radio Listening<mailto:s...@mailman.qth.net> 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' always_faith...@comcast.net<mailto:always_faith...@comcast.net> [badx] <b...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:b...@yahoogroups.com>> 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.' > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com<mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> > [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 Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com 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
