Topband: AM BCB noise in Portland, OR

[Edward Swynar]

On Tueday 26th January, Tree wrote:

"...Last night, I heard a very bad noise on the band."

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This is not directly related to what Tree's been experiencing, certainly,
but I wonder if anyone else reading this may have encountered something
similar to what's plaguing me---and possibly suggest a cure, or two...?

Last weekend, my son visited from Maine & whilst here, installed two banks
of under-the-kitchen-cupboards pot lights that my XYL saw (and fell in love
with) at his apartment in Bridgton: they look great, and activating them is
rather unique, too---you tap a large white plastic "sensor" attached to a
vertical surface of the cupboard, and get three levels of brightness.

The only problem, though, from a radio perspective, is RFI---both the giving
AND receiving kind! When I transmit, both banks go absolutely squirrely,
blinking off & on at different intensities---but receiving is even worse:
the system emits a steady buzz all across the band...

Thus far, the only solution that I've found---inelegant, maybe, but
effective!---is for me to physically UNPLUG the lights from the AC mains...

Has anyone else ever had run-ins of this kind, and if so, what---if
anything---is the cure...?

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ

PS: TX3D was a solid 579 here this morning, starting at atround 5:00---but
he was reduced to near-begging for QSOs from North America! I can only
surmise that everyone in this part of the world either already has the
Austral Islands confirmed from some time before, or there's a plague of
sleep aptnia (sp?) sweeping the continent...!