Dear friends and list members,
I am having a terrible time here with interference that is ruining my listening/hamming experience and am hoping someone can offer some practical suggestions. Here's the situation. The interference - basically a continuous raspy sound - seems to come up at about 0830 local time here each day. It is often (but not always) quiet before then. The problem usually persists until late at night, i.e. 2300 local or later. The AM broadcast band seems to be affected the least, 80 meters suffers a little, but every other band from 40 through 10 meters is affected at different levels. I have tried some rudimentary methods to try and isolate it but without success. I'm not even sure if it is atmospheric (i.e., coming through my antenna) or through the AC line (mains). My antenna is a G5RV Jr. in an inverted "V" configuration. I am in an older house, 2-story in a residential neighborhood of Memphis, on essentially a zero line lot. I can supply the exact address if anyone wants to see the house on Google maps street views. There are renters upstairs. I have limited equipment available for isolating the problem, and even less technical knowledge. I'd really appreciate any suggestions for solving this problem that now produces QRN at an S-9 level. I haven't called the local power company yet, but don't hold out much hope for help from them. Thanks very much. Jim Pogue - KH2AR/W4 Memphis, TN USA _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
