[Amps] Where is power measured ?

donroden at hiwaay.net donroden at hiwaay.net
Thu Apr 7 10:30:28 PDT 2011


I'm guessing receiver overload instead of harmonics.

Don W4DNR



Quoting TexasRF at aol.com:

> Glen, as you know, we both live within a few miles of the KRLD 50KW
> transmitter/antenna site.
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> I have measured over 5 volts of rf on one of the upper tower guys at my
> QTH. When I drive up the driveway with the vehicle radio on the AM band and
> park near one of the guy anchors, there are several radio programs present at
>  the same time, indicating severe cross modulation.
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> How much is caused by the radio vs tower guys, I don't know.
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> Also, just driving around the area, the same thing happens at some street
> intersections where there are many electrical lines etc present.
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> I guess I am wondering how much of the 160m QRM is cross mod vs radio
> station harmonics.
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> 73,
> Gerald K5GW
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> In a message dated 4/7/2011 10:49:26 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> gzook at yahoo.com writes:
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> Carl,  you're not down here in the Dallas, Texas, area.  Unfortunately, BCB
>  harmonics are on the band, especially during the day when the lower
> powered  daytime only stations are on the air.
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> Glen, K9STH
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> Website:   http://k9sth.com
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> --- On Thu, 4/7/11, Carl  <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
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> One thing for certain is that it has  been a long time since Ive heard AM
> BCB harmonics on  160.
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