Topband: Noise problem solved

[AA4NC@aol.com]

I wanted to thank all the Topbanders who offered some good information in my 
hunt for my mysteriously appearing 160m noise. Kudos to: W4BUW, NA5B, W4ZV, 
K1FZ, K4SXT, KK4TR, NI6T, KJ9C, KD9SV, K3HX, and others who came to my aid.

The culprit turned out to be a bad lightning arrester on a power pole that 
was on my property. It was so close, that it made it even harder to detect 
because the interference was so strong that it propagated a long distance. I 
could hear it up to several miles away on 1710 Khz. on my car radio. It 
seemed to be coming from everything made of metal in my yard, when I walked 
around with a portable receiver. The strange thing is that the noise was only 
on the low bands. I could not hear it above 6 Mhz, even though it was 
extremely strong. 

After 2 weeks of 40 over line noise, these static crashes I'm hearing on 160 
tonight sound like music to my ears!! 

73,

Will AA4NC / W4MR



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