As a noob to SDR and a returning ham after 28 years QRT, I bought a new 5000a (at my wife's insistence, no less) at the Huntsville hamfest. I got on 75 Meters and I thought the band was in terrible shape ". While there were no static crashes, the overall noise level was awful. It was not what I rtemembered for the 80-75 meter band in the winter. I think I have a severe power line noise problem near me. My question is about the waterfall display. The background color is hot pink. The background will go to blue-green with some black, if I disconnect the antenna. I infer that I have a terrific powerline radiator nearby. Is this correct. Oh, I might add that when I took out my truck and tuned the AM radio to 1.5 MHz, a clear area, I got almost deafening noise near two poles about 100 ft from my house.
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