Hi, Dave and Gary: The absolute worst offender I've found at my QTH is the charger for my Motorola cell phone.
73, Mike N5UKZ Dave 'Doc' Corio wrote: > > Thanks, Gary! I'm trying to be open-minded about this. Today the > noise seems to be gone completely. It disappeared yesterday evening and > haven't heard it since. If it reappears on Monday, I'll have a better > clue that it's something that belongs to the local cable company. I used > to work in cable TV years ago, and I seem to recall a test device that > sent this type of signal over the cable to test the in-line amplifiers, > but my memory is not something to be relied on too heavily hi hi! > > Thanks and have a great weekend! > 73 > Dave > KB3MOW > > grwescom wrote: > > > > This kind of noise has been showing up quite a lot lately. I've > > chased down a couple TVI complaints with similar characteristics. > > > > The problem has consistently been battery chargers, especially the > > kind to used to charge the batteries for portable tools. They tend to > > cycle charging power on and off. Now some of the wall wart chargers > > for small electronic stuff is starting to create the same kind of noise. > > > > This may not be your problem but I would recommend against ignoring > > the possibility that it might be. > > > > . > >
