[RFI] Power outages and RFI

[Christopher Wawak]

Just a short personal story:

My entire neighborhood lost power early last night. I sat around in the
dark for a few minutes, then realized that this is a rare opportunity and
sprinted down to the shack. I quickly hooked up my 7300 to a battery,
flicked on the radio, and saw a thing of beauty. NO RFI! For a few short
hours before power was restored, I had the lowest noise floor across the
bands I've seen in the 6 months I've been active on HF. On the one hand, it
was good fun catching contacts that were buried in the noise before. On the
other, realizing that there's this much noise holding me back is a little
discouraging.

Who else runs to the radio when the power goes out? Anyone have similar
stories to share?

73 KC2IEB

Chris