Really ?!! I guess I learned something today. In my 50 years in the hobby I 
always thought the QRN meant any kinda interference from noise and QRM was 
interference from other stations.

73 KAZ

-----Original Message-----
>From: Rick Dau <[email protected]>
>Sent: May 17, 2014 1:14 AM
>To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
><[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] QRM from Lights
>
>Tim is correct.  QRM = manmade interference (i.e., dimmer switches, halogen 
>bulbs, power lines, etc.), QRN = natural interference (i.e., lightning 
>strikes).  73, Rick Dau on the road in Davenport, Iowa and dealing with plenty 
>of hotel room QRM!! 
>
>> From: [email protected]
>> To: [email protected]
>> Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 04:00:36 +0000
>> Subject: [IRCA] QRM from Lights
>> 
>> I thought the M in QRM stood for ³manmade² and the N in QRN stood for
>> ³natural."
>> 
>> >
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>> >
>> >Message: 3
>> >Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 11:17:25 -0700 (PDT)
>> >From: "Powell E. Way III" <[email protected]>
>> >To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>> >    <[email protected]>
>> >Subject: Re: [IRCA] QRN from Lights
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>> >It would be QRN, not QRM. 
>> 
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