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Re: [RFI] [dx-list] South Cook

To: Jim P <jvpoll@dallas.net>
Subject: Re: [RFI] [dx-list] South Cook
From: "WA3GIN @ Arlington County, VA" <wa3gin@erols.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:22:36 -0500
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SCRs are used to control the speed of the electric motor...as they plus 
they generate nice strong signals.  The noise blanker on the FT-1000 
took it all out.
I got my wife a pass to the gym so problem solved.

73,
dave
wa3gin

Jim P wrote:

>>--You will probably find that the noise from the treadmill
>>is caused by the revolving belt causing enormous static
>>build up between the belt and the under carriage of the
>>treadmill. Try getting some of that anti-static spray for
>>clothes from the store and
>>    
>>
>
>Nice, evenly spaced dots and dashes on the TV screen;
>a definite growling sound heard over the local AM Band
>Class A broadcast stations -
>
>I think we have discovered a *new* source of energy.
>
>Jim P -- WB5WPA --
>
>PS I had one of those 'things' next door. It wasn't * 'static'
>it was emitting.
>
>(* Triboelectic effect accrued static charges)
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "WX5L" <wx5l@charter.net>
>To: <rfi@contesting.com>
>Cc: "Art Burke" <aburkefl@comcast.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [RFI] [dx-list] South Cook
>
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>>--You will probably find that the noise from the treadmill is caused by
>>    
>>
>the revolving belt causing enormous static build up between the belt and the
>under carriage of the treadmill. Try getting some of that anti-static spray
>for clothes from the store and spray a generous amount underneath the belt
>and on the undercarriage.
>  
>
>>Let me know!
>>Randy
>>WX5L
>>Thibodaux, LA
>>
>>---- Art Burke <aburkefl@comcast.net> wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>It's 5 AM and the wife is on the treadmill. There goes 80 meters! One
>>>of these days I'm gonna shield those AC leads!
>>>
>>>However, ZK1NOU (N7OU) is absolutely banging in on 30m with a gorgeous
>>>signal. The noise level is S6 and he's around S8 or S9, operating
>>>split and picking 'em off like a seasoned dxpeditioner.
>>>
>>>Geez, I love DX! (Lexicography ain't bad either!)
>>>
>>>Art - K4IRS
>>>Leesburg, FL
>>>
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