Be careful.
It could be grow lights from an illegal pot operation.
> On Nov 10, 2014, at 6:41 PM, Goldtr8 (KD8NNU) <goldtr8@charter.net> wrote:
>
> Well I made some progress tonight on the way home.
>
> I used my mobile rig with hamsticks to listen while driving on the way home
> from work. I tuned to 3.902 which is a very strong frequency that gets
> trashed at the home QTH and used a 40m hamstick as the receiving antenna. The
> idea for this setup was to be able to attenuate the signal as I got closer to
> it.
>
> Anyway while driving home with the pre-amp on the IC-7000 when suddenly the
> noise was present and strong less than 1 mile from my house. I drove
> around until it got real loud and turned the pre-amp off and it went away. I
> then drove around with the pre-amp on until it was at about an s7 on the
> meter then turned the preamp off as I was close and then drove around until
> there was about 1 s-unit showing on the meter. I could hear the noise with
> the pre-amp off when close and the s meter small reading confirmed that I was
> real close.
>
> The noise is clearly in one subdivision close to my house but I can not tell
> what is the source at this time. I also know the noise does not show up on
> the AM radio in the car although bad power poles do show up.
>
> So to me major progress has been made, now I need to identify where in the
> subdivision or maybe what house this trash is coming from. Next short term
> step is to listen to the links several folks have sent to me to see if any of
> them match what I am hearing so I know what I am looking for.
>
> I will keep the list updated as I learn more about the problem.
>
> Cheers and thanks for the tips so far.
>
> Don
>
> ~73
> Don
> KD8NNU
> 2014 3905CC Top Gun :-)
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> -----Original Message----- From: Jim Brown
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 3:22 PM
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: New RF interference killing RX at my QTH
>
> On Sat,11/8/2014 9:33 AM, Goldtr8 (KD8NNU) wrote:
>> I need to make a noise finding antenna that I can take in my vehicle to look
>> for a source of noise on 160m and 80m bands.
>
> Several useful tools. 1) Tecsun PL380 -- a nice AM/FM/Shortwave
> portable, DSP IF, has built-in loopstick antenna. About $45. 2) A ham
> talkie that has wideband RX. My Kenwood TH-F6A does that and has a
> built-in loopstick antenna.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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