Hi Jim
Well I am obviously talking about the same S Meter on the same or similar antennas. So I am comparing like with like when I say signals are weaker. But as you say, the big problem these days is radiated noise from poor power supplies - so the fact that signals are weaker AND noise is stronger is a double whammy ! Fortunately, OFCOM here in Britain do investigate interference from bad power supplies. I have traced a few at neighbours' houses myself in the past (and replaced them with Linear types). But I had to get OFCOM involved a couple of years ago when I suddenly had S9 +30dB hash all over the band, which seemed to be coming from every house down the street. They sussed it out within a couple of hours, and removed the offending faulty PSU. Since them I have them back several times, and they have tracked down 3 sources of noise that were around S9. Conditions continue to be poor on 160m . . . I put out a few calls last night . . . yet myself and OK1CF's signals were just a couple of dB above the noise at NA RBN stations ! 73 Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
