>At 02:02 PM 4/30/01 -0400, John Pelham wrote:
...
>>One of the noises affects primarily 6M, but is audible on 10 and 15. The
>>other affects primarily 10M and 15M. The noises come and go independently,
>>but are most often present on dry days.
...>>I would think that the above paragraph would indicate that the source is
>>outside, and I would think probably it's power line noise, but my reading
>>indicates that power line noise gets stronger at lower frequencies. These
>>noises are not audible below 20M.
Actually from my experience this is probably good news. I've been told by
K3RFI (who does RFI investigations for a local power company, and has been
a great help), and confirmed through reading, that a noise source that is
not audible on lower frequencies is probably quite close, while ones that
are audible on 80m can be as much as a couple of miles away. So yours may
be very close by.
73, Pete N4ZR
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