Topband: Power Line Noise

[Thomas Damboldt]

Hi Steve,

that is exactly my observation. To make things worse, I think
that at least some of these many sources probably radiate
through the wires (whether horizontal, vertical, above or
below the ground) and thus cannot really be located.

Louder DX, as you are saying, is the only solution.....

I love 160m but I hate the modern civilisation's noise.

73 and have a nice festive season
Thomas, DJ5DT


<steve.root at culligan4water.com> wrote:
> So Old blue helped find noise sources that were a mile and a half away? I can't begin to tell you all how discouraging that is....
> 
> The noise here is incredible. The K3 noise blanker, set to it's most aggressive level, has no effect on it. I spent a year experimenting with the MFJ-1026 and never was able to achieve any kind of a null, much less one that improved S/N ratio. The noise sounds like a waterfall, it has no discernable characteristics when seen on a 'scope. It sounds, acts, and looks like a solid object. I can only conlcude that I'm surrounded by thousands of discrete noise sources. No matter where I look there's noise. It can't be nulled because for any one you might "phase out" there are hundreds that are at a different phase. Even a receiving four-square is limited in usefullness, becasue it's still pointed AT more noise.
> 
> I had always thought these sources had to be close to me. Now I realize that I could spend the rest of my life running these things down, and I still won't be able to hear much. Wow....
> 
> 73 Steve K0SR
> 
> P.S. Dear Santa, please make all the DX louder this year hi hi.