Topband: Wideband Noise on 160

[K3BU@aol.com]

My 2 cents:
1 cent: cheap Chineese lamps, the black tall lamp with dish like fixture and 
quartz bulbs. The dimmer in them is a white noise generator.

2nd cent: puzzled me in CQ WW CW on 10m. I was so happy to find quiet place 
on Cape Hatteras, storm chased neighbors away, I figured - dead RF silence 
weekend. Only to be plagued on Saturday by the mysterious, about 30 kHz wide 
band noise about S7, that kept slowly chasing me, drifting around the band. 
I could see it on the IC781 band scope. I couldn't figure out what was it, 
new marine radar? Turned out to be charger for Nokia cell phone, that I kept 
on the top of my radios just in case XYL needed me. After unplugging that 
junk, I enjoyed the most RF quiet band in my life, I ran out of sensitivity 
on the RX.

First try UNPLUGGING things in your house and see if you are clean and let us 
know what it was :-) Looks like better antennas we have, the more junk we 
hear, time for migrating hams to contest sites?

GL and HNY, Yuri, K3BU, Tesla RC - N2EE


--
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/topband
Submissions:              topband@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  topband-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 owner-topband@contesting.com