Hello guys. I've been reading your achieves for days but had to subscribe to describe my problem. On 80 meter ssb, during the day this winter I have an S5 ambient noise level. At night it is S9+5. At
Joe, If you suspect lawn lights, search the archives for the subject 'Low voltage lighting solid state "transformers"' for one possibility. Do you have overhead power lines in your area? Although it
Thanks for all the replys. My first attempt at locating the source is to first check the houses nearby before the noise kicks in at 5pm and see which lawn lights are on. Then, after the noise kicks i
Don't worry about the ENTIRELY SELF-CONTAINED solar powered lights that typically are a single LED (or two), with a solar cell on top and a pair of AA's inside. These are harmless. You're looking for
Hello Joe and all, The scenario you describe is a typical one. You are probably correct that a switch is being turned on. I suggest you go out and investigate both before and after the noise is activ
Well, no luck attempting to locate anything last evening. I tried to run the neighborhood before the time I thought it would go on, and found no lights on anywhere. Then, expecting the noise to start
Keep at it with your AM radio, preferably tuned to the very top of the band, which will hopefully be more representative of 80M. Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ RFI mailing l
The noise has changed every since it started raining. Now we have snow...so lots of moisure in the air. I no longer get a steady S9+5 noise level on 80, but it jumps between S5 and S9 every second or