Update on static problem: Yesterday, I tried both a 6 foot wire and my Ringo Ranger 2-meter antenna (just the center pin of the PL-259), and the static is still there, but not as strong as with the hf vertical. I thought at first that I tracked it down, because I found that the dimmer switches for the recessed lighting in the kitchen were making all kind of noise at the very low frequencies (peaked up at 170 kHz). After shutting the lights off, I found that that noise went away, but the noise on all the lower hf ham bands was still there just as strong. It doesn't have any sharp peaks or anything, but there are a lot of places where it does kind of peak up, although it is very broad. The freqs where it seems to peak are (in MHz): 2.4, 2.7, 3.37, 3.55, 3.9, 4.2, 5.0, 6.2, 6.6, 7.2, 8.0, and 8.7. Above that, it starts to roll off quite a bit. The peaks might have something to do with the resonance of the antenna, but I'm not sure. I was using the hf vertical when I measured them. Any more thoughts? I'm thinking probably power lines, but maybe I should try a battery-operated radio and turn off the power to the whole house before I come to that conclusion.
-----Original Message----- From: Bob Macklin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 1:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion of AM Radio Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Bad Static Problem Last night I had HIGH static on both my HF receivers. And I have been having a problem with static discharge. But it has not been snowing in Seattle. They wish it was. Bob Macklin K5MYJ/7 Seattle, Wa. "REAL RADIOS GLOW IN THE DARK" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Wesa Werber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:22 AM 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 > ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
