Hi Ed and gang,
I don't know whose coffee pot it was, but I'll find out at our next club
meeting on Tuesday evening. Should be no problem to make a recording of it
and forward to you. Also, for those on the reflector who were curious as to
make, model, etc., of the coffee pot, I will post it when I find out after
the club meeting.
73 de K3AIR
----- Original Message -----
From: Hare,Ed, W1RFI <w1rfi@arrl.org>
To: 'Mike Lazaroff K3AIR' <k3air@arrl.net>; <rfi@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 7:34 AM
Subject: RE: [RFI] Coffee Pot RFI!
>
> Hi, Mike,
>
> I bet the thermostat in the coffeepot was arcing over. It could be
> defective, or just a shoddy design.
>
> Can you make a recording of the resultant noise and send it to me? I am
> collecting RFI sounds that are associated with specific problems. I would
> like about 30 seconds of recording in both SSB (2.5 kHz) and AM modes
(about
> 6 kHz bandwidth). As soon as I have a few more, I will start a "sounds of
> RFI page" on the ARRL website.
>
> 73,
> Ed Hare, W1RFI
> ARRL Lab
> 225 Main St
> Newington, CT 06111
> Tel: 860-594-0318
> Internet: w1rfi@arrl.org
> Web: http://www.arrl.org/tis
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Lazaroff K3AIR [mailto:k3air@arrl.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 9:23 PM
> > To: rfi@contesting.com
> > Subject: [RFI] Coffee Pot RFI!
> >
> >
> >
> > Here's a great (and true!) story about our FD operation this year:
> >
> > When operating 80m phone, all of a sudden we were overwhelmed
> > with 40 db
> > over 9 buzzing QRM up and down the band. The noise was
> > barely audible on
> > 40m, and not at all on the other bands. It just appeared
> > suddenly, so we
> > figured somebody turned on something that didn't like 80m.
> > We checked our
> > power supplies, laptops, etc., figuring it had to be one of
> > them. Nope.
> >
> > After checking all around the campsite, we discovered that
> > when the coffee
> > pot in the "dining area" was turned on, the RFI appeared.
> > When it was off,
> > the RFI was gone.
> >
> > We survived just fine without (hot) coffee.
> >
> > Anyone else ever experience this???
> >
> > 73 and hope everyone enjoyed Field Day,
> > Mike K3AIR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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