No, it wasn't snowing, but it was cold. Are you saying it might be because it wasn't snowing, and the air was very dry? Or that the snow might be causing it? I have a vertical antenna (Butternut) with an MFJ lightning arrestor in line, so I think that is supposed to discharge static that builds up.
-----Original Message----- From: Vince Wesa Werber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 1:23 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Bad Static Problem Was is snowing when you heard this??? The dry air of winter can cause static discharge in your antenna/receiver... Just a thought 73 vince ka1iic On Tuesday 01 February 2005 08:48 am, Schichler, Alfred wrote: > I just started getting an intermittent noise problem on several bands that > runs from s-9 to about 20 over. It's especially bad on 40 meters, > but I can hear it on 80 and 160 pretty good too. Not too bad on the higher > bands. Sometimes it is just one or two pops per second, then it changes to > as much as about 50 or more pops per second, then slowly back again. > Sometimes only one every few seconds. This is very annoying, because the > main receiver I use does not have a noise blanker, and the noise limiter > doesn't do a whole lot. > I was wondering if that sounds like anything similar to the noise any of > you other guys have been getting. (Maybe from power lines?) > I can't hear it at all on a portable AM broadcast band receiver, so it > might be difficult to track down without getting the power company > involved. Thanks for any help. > > Al, NE2D > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
