Topband: Odd sourses of noise..

[W9EVI@aol.com]

     For years, normal 160 mtr background noise, heard on the vertical, was 
about S9. Recently, I had the 'phone company short and ground all unused 
pairs of lines, out and inside. Noise is now S6-7.
     Bothers come in bunches. A neighbor with a brand new BMW dropped by to 
show me the beautiful car. The noise on 160 went almost to the meter pin. BMW 
now experimentally uses High Intensity Discharge  
(HID) headlights. The bulbs use xenon, various halide salts,  and a gap, over 
which high voltage jumps. Not unlike lights at international sports events - 
both use the discharge principle. Watch for this. My local FCC office doesn't 
know what the heck I'm talking about, a not surprising deficiency.    ...
 
Mac Reynolds, W9EVI



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