Topband: 160M_AC_BUZZ

[Charles Bibb]

At 06:26 AM 8/10/2007, george wrote:
>I have noticed an alarming raspy noise on the lower portion of the 160 band...
>
>Any ideas before the 160 DX season begins on how to find the culprit?
>
>George W2YJ


Good luck, George.

Sounds very much like the line noise situation at my QTH.

Finding the source may turn out to be the least of your problems. 
I've been trying to get the power company to clean up a couple of 
terrible sources near me, which I've already located for them. After 
two years of repeated complaints and meetings and discussions and 
promises, absolutely NOTHING has actually been done. But, they still 
promise to "take care" of it.

You may also need to search for the source farther away from your 
shack than you might think.  My worst source of line noise is located 
about 400 yards away to my SW. (Two antique pole-mounted lightning 
arrestors).  One downside to using a Beverage antenna for RX is that 
in the favored direction of the Beverage, noise sources will be 
bothersome from a much greater distance.

Charles - K5ZK