Topband: What antenna would you build?

[Mike Waters]

This is a great piece of advice!!! I would add: check those QRN levels at
various times and on different days.

73 Mike
W0BTU

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 10:01 AM Fred Kleber <kleberf at bellsouth.net> wrote:

>
> ... before you even make an offer on a piece of property, go there with a
> mobile receiver and check to see what the ambient QRM level is.  We have
> already read in this group about this very subject from a ham that is
> unable to use 160m due to the QRM from pot house grow lights some 3/4 miles
> away.  LED lighting is a well known source of QRM.
>
> Certain types of TVs and even solar power inverters can cause horrendous
> amounts of QRM which can render top band useless.  It is interesting to
> note that there are no FCC  spurious emissions requirements for solar power
> equipment.
>