Topband: RFI - and lots of it - final status

[Jim Murray]

Electricians worked today on the house grounding the entrance panel and checking out all of the wiring.  Now, everything is grounded to the panel.  They ran a line from the grounding directly to the ham room ground bus, checked all the outlets for any reverse etc.. They talked about putting a separate panel in the ham room but I opted out for now. The interesting part of this is that the strong hash noise I reported earlier is gone.  I have no idea why.  When I reported the noise to the power company I did mention what I had found on the lines and It is possible the linemen stopped by when we were not here and did something, don't know at this time but have not heard back from the power company.The only other possibility is that one of the things the electricians messed with stopped the noise.  I suppose it could be something as simple as tightening the wiring in the box etc.. Cost was $380. but worth the peace of mind and possibly saved my operating.Regards,Jim/k2hn