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Re: [RFI] Noise on 3513.5

To: Hugh Valentine <hsvdds@juno.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] Noise on 3513.5
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:28:05 -0700
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Hi Val,

I've seen reports from others, and it was on my list to listen here. I just did, both on my TX antennas and the Beverages, at about 11 am local time. I see noise bumps from one or more switching power supplies on the P3 spectrum display, but hear no birdies. Then I tuned my trusty TH-F6A to 3515 LSB and poked around the only Ethernet gear in my home and the CATV cable. Nothing heard. Those were my first guesses, and came up negative.

My suggestion for chasing this is to do what I did, perhaps driving/walking around with a mobile or handheld battery operated rig looking for it. The TH-F6A has very poor sensitivity on HF, so you must be right by the source to hear it. A better RX would be one of the excellent Tecsun receivers. I own a PL380 (the smallest) and a PL660 (bigger, 3-6 dB more sensitivity, has a BFO). QST just gave a glowing review to the PL880. In addition to their virtues as SW RX, they are excellent on the FM broadcast band, and the larger ones (660, 880) are quite good on the AM broadcast band.

73, Jim K9YC

On Mon,9/1/2014 10:49 AM, Hugh Valentine wrote:
Jim,
I have a varying, warbling, rough tone on 3513.5 CW with K3 running on 12VDC battery, only rear connection is external antenna...using K9YC 7T 5 Core Choke....All other stuff turned off/unplugged in shack...Computer, Pwr Supplies, Modem, router, Fluorescents, etc.
I have a VHF "sniffer" that is quiet and does not show any source.
I have yet to Turn off the Mains...waiting for XYL to go out of Town next week to try that.
Any thoughts as to the source?
Val
N4RJ


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