Are any of these lights touch-sensitive lamps? If so, retrowire them back to
normal switches.
73, Jim NØOCT
In a message dated 22-Apr-99 12:35:31 Central Daylight Time, frohro@wwc.edu
writes:
> Jason Reber wrote:
>
> > I wonder if anyone has had a similar problem: I am using an Omni D
> > with a 252 power supply, and run an MFJ antenna tuner and RG-58 coax
> > to a remote switchbox, which then selects 1 of 5 dipole antennas. I
> > have the rig grounded to a cold water pipe nearby. I find that on 30
> > and 40 Meters, especially in the evenings, I get patches of very loud
> > electrical noise, which covers about a 10 KHz portion of the
> > frequency. It just comes in, seemingly out of nowhere, lasts for 4 or
> > 5 minutes, and then moves up or down the band several KHz. One time
> > when the noise came in, destroying my QSO, I inadvertently turned off
> > one of the lights in my shack (there are 2 light circuits in the room,
> > and one in the hall nearby). The noise suddenly disappeared. I turned
> > the light back on, and it came back. I then turned off the other light
> > in the shack, and the noise disappeared again. Then I tried turning
> > the hall light off (it was on at the time), and the noise came
> > back!The strange thing is, turning lights on and off in other parts of
> > the house, including those not even on the same breaker, seem to
> > affect the noise. The noise doesn't show up on 10, 15, or 80 meters
> > near as bad. I also found that the noise will show up on my old
> > Hallicrafters S-76 receiver if I tune it to the same freq. as my Omni
> > D. Also strange is the fact the turning off and on lights doesn't
> > eliminate the noise- it just causes it to move several KHz up or down
> > the band.Does anyone have and idea on what could be causing this?
> > I really appreciate the knowledge and help often found on this
> > reflector.Thanks,Jason KA7UAM
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