Dennis Peterson wrote:
> There is a popping sound or arching sound ever second on the second and the
> NB does nothiig to kill the noise or the arcing sound.....
If that noise is just a short pop occuring every second, it could be an
electric fence. If it is a longer duration with a repetition rate of 1
second then it could possibly be a power pole problem (but there are
other possibilities as well).
I had a similar event which really stumped me for a while. It was a
burst of noise occurring at a 2 HZ rep rate with a pattern resembling
someone holding down the dash lever of a keyer. This would persist for
many hours at a time with that constant pattern. I thought surely this
would be some kind of electronic gizmo gone haywire. I finally got a
clue when I heard it go from that constant pattern into a random pattern
and then switch back again. After tracking it down, it turned out to
be a bad surge suppressor on the top of a power pole. That was a real
learning experience. I never would have guessed that a bad surge
suppressor could create that very repetitive pattern.
That noise level was S9+10 on 160 meters. The bad surge suppressor was
located 3 miles from my house.
Jerry, K4SAV
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