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Re: [RFI] Bad QRN on HF

To: K1TTT <K1TTT@ARRL.NET>
Subject: Re: [RFI] Bad QRN on HF
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Reply-to: n4zr@contesting.com
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:22:29 -0400
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Considering what 20M sounded like here last night, I would agree - 
certainly it is not unusual for propagation to carry thunderstorm noise 
thousands of miles.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 8/15/2010 6:43 AM, K1TTT wrote:
> Sounds like thunderstorms to me... tis the season.
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dana Roode [mailto:dana.roode@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 02:49
>> To: rfi
>> Cc: Dana Roode
>> Subject: [RFI] Bad QRN on HF
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Don't know where to begin - I have several bad sources of QRN at my
>> remote desert location, the worse one seems to come on from the East
>> starting in the late afternoon.  Makes 20M down pretty unusable.  I
>> tried a recording if anyone wants to listen for immediate thoughts:
>>
>>     http://roodes.com/k6nr/20m-7PM-AM-NOAGC.wav
>>
>> Sputtering, arcing, mess - I dont know if its from the power lines or
>> the neighbors.  We are on 2.5 acre lots so the neighbors are not real
>> close.   I recorded in AM, no AGC, if there is a better way to do this
>> let me know, unfortunately its easy to get additional samples.
>>
>> Does anyone know of an individual in Southern California that could
>> help me sort out my various noise problems?  Southern California
>> Edison has been out multiple times trying to resolve a different noise
>> (from the NorthWest).  Each time the inspector finds what he thinks is
>> the cause, then I wait 3-6 months for a crew to come out, they fix
>> what the inspector found, but my noise remains.  It doesnt help that I
>> live 80 miles from my station either.
>>
>>    Dana
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