[TenTec] Power Line QRN?

Steve Ellington N4LQ n4lq@iglou.com
Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:23:24 -0400


The best demonstration for power line noise is to take a portable AM radio
and hold it next to your electric meter outside and listen. Of course with a
bfo, it will sound a little different.

Steve N4LQ
-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Upton <supton@eece.maine.edu>
To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Power Line QRN?


>
>As a newbie to the hobby, how can you tell what power line noise sounds
>like?  I know what alternator hash sounds like, but only from personal
>experience.  What  other noise sources are there?
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