[RFI] New noise wiping out 160m

[Joe]

The 2.5 min/cycle seems fast, but my first thought is someone got a new 
fancy high tech high efficiency furnace near you.
Many of them have been known to be extremely noisy RF wise.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 1/17/2024 6:58 AM, Thomas Hoyer via RFI wrote:
> I normally have S5-S7 noise on 160m but recently I now have +20dB noise that seems to cycle at approx 2.5 minute on/off cycles. I was not active on 160 in December but it wasn't there in Nov and I just noticed it in the last week or so, so I really can't pin point when it started.
> As an example, W1AW code practice at 1802.5 is typically 20 of S9 here. When the noise comes on it wipes out W1AW.
> Thoights?
> TomW3TA
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