Colin, I've thought about solar arrays, too, both in Victoria and in Masset, but the RFI risks are simply too great, especially for Masset. The power has to be stored somewhere, and it's the inverters that scares the bejesus out of me. Otherwise, I'd embrace them immediately! Unfortunately, things can change on a dime, and unless you live a long way from any neighbours, we're all at risk. I think that in Victoria, Nick was the first of us to experience the local noise problems over the years. I was lucky in Oak Bay for the 20 years we lived there, relatively RFI free, but sure experience it now a lot in Fairfield. I suspect someone in the immediate neighbourhood has those darn Wi-Fi extenders via BPL. Ugly to look at the spectrum and see similar buzzes, often a lot closer together than even 100 kHz. I'm not sure whether bigger and higher antennas are the answer. Won't they just pick up and amplify the noise even more??? 73, Walt
On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:29 PM, R. Colin Newell <coffeecan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why I don't get out of bed for audio traces - > > Sleep is more therapeutic. > > On a QRM side bar, tracked down a huge source of daytime RFI to a > neighbors solar array inverter that blasts the MW and HF spectrum with a > buzz every 100 kHz or so. > > We are very good neighbors and he was quite upset to discover that his > house was the source of disruptive interference. > > My attitude is: if neighbors are going to interfere with my hobby, I'm > just going to build bigger and higher antennas. > > Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > > > On Jan 29, 2017, at 12:25 PM, Nigel Pimblett <nige2...@telus.net> wrote: > > > > A fair number of carriers today, with seemingly a mix of Asians and DU, > though most were pretty weak. Audio was rather limited: > > > > > > 1116 4BC Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Traces of song by Lionel Richie at > 1435. Confirmed on webstream.. > > > > 1575 VOA Thailand Very weak, with bits of talk around 1455. > > > > > > I didn't get a chance to report yesterday, but it was better, especially > on the high end. Rather unusually, 1422 JORF was the top TP, but also had > audio on several others. > > > > > > Nigel Pimblett > > Dunmore, AB > > Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IRCA mailing list > > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > > 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
