This is a great piece of advice!!! I would add: check those QRN levels at
various times and on different days.
73 Mike
W0BTU
On Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 10:01 AM Fred Kleber <kleberf@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> ... before you even make an offer on a piece of property, go there with a
> mobile receiver and check to see what the ambient QRM level is. We have
> already read in this group about this very subject from a ham that is
> unable to use 160m due to the QRM from pot house grow lights some 3/4 miles
> away. LED lighting is a well known source of QRM.
>
> Certain types of TVs and even solar power inverters can cause horrendous
> amounts of QRM which can render top band useless. It is interesting to
> note that there are no FCC spurious emissions requirements for solar power
> equipment.
>
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