I live in a senior apartment complex. In the courtyard they have three orange arc lamps of some kind that come on at sundown and turn off at sunrise. They wipe out the 80M band for me. But I am afraid to bitch about them. I will get told if I don't like it to move.
Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, "Real Radios Glow in the Dark" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony W. DePrato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:11 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Receiver Noise Reduction Devices > At 08:26 PM 1/24/2008, you wrote: > >I'm looking for a way to reduce a received noise which is being back-fed > >into a nearby powerline from something inside a house about a block away. > >I've been working with my power company, and we are in agreement that it is > >coming from the owner's side of the meter. > >snip > > Mike: > A few years back i my receivers were wiped out by a line noise. the > power company was great with their help finding it. we spent about 2 > hrs checking lines it was weird . they could pick it up on their > lines for about 3 miles. they started cutting out sections of line > till they found it was on the section 1/4 miles from my house. they > killed both ends and still it was on the dead line. so they started > pulling meters in each house on that section. came to a guy who had a > barn and a dog run outside his barn. pulled his meter and WAM it was > gone. well they found that he had a electric fence around his dog log > and the barn was across the road from his house. with a power drop > going to the barn from his garage. they looked inside his garage and > guess what they found a wire coming off a fence charger going to the > ground wire on the power drop. then across the road they found > another wire coming off the ground down to the fence. he was using > the power companies ground wire to power his fence. needless to say > they cut everything out pulled his meter and left a note for him to > come to the office if he wanted power restored. . > this is just something to think about. also i have found that the new > light bulbs they say are so cost saving are noise generators of the > highest level. xyl bought some and the shack is a shop about 100 feet > from the house . had to go in and remove all of them. > good luck > 73 Tony > > > > QBE ZUT DE WA4JQS > > ANTHONY W. (Tony) DePrato WA4JQS EXTRA - HEAVY > Since 1962 > CQ DX HALL OF FAME # 35 > A1-OP FISTS # 10573 SKCC #1227 F.O.P. LODGE 68 > DXCC PHONE- DXCC CW- DXCC RTTY- DXCC MIXED > DXCC 40, 20, 15, 10 METERS > South Sandwich Island Dxpedition Group > CALLS HELD: > WA4JQS/ZS1, WA4JQS/KC4, WA4JQS/4K1 > ZD8JQS, V31SS, VP8BZL, VP8SSI, 3Y0PI > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
