Quite a coincidence. In 1978 I had horrible RFI that blanketed HF and 2 meters and also affected TVs and even people's stereo systems. Naturally, my neighbor asked if it could be my ham radio. At one point I looked out and saw another guy walking up and down the street with a portable radio, the same thing I'd been doing. But it was impossible to localize the noise - it seemed to come from every power pole and every circuit. Finally the power company was called in and they found that the source was my neighbor's doorbell transformer.
A couple years later I'd bought a house was seriously chasing DX with the great sunspot peak when the same kind of noise came back. Again, neighbors up the street wondered if it was my ham radio. And again, attempts to trace the noise were futile. I finally walked up to the neighbors' house, which did seem pretty hot, and pressed the doorbell button. The noise stopped momentarily. So I told them their doorbell transformer was likely at fault and they replaced it. Problem solved. 73- Nick, WA5BDU On 10/22/2010 6:08 PM, Dick Williams wrote: > > After a little "detective work", I traced the source of the interference to > the doorbell transformer. Disconnected it, and told him to go buy a new > one. Of course we were both "happy campers". > > Dick K8ZTT > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
