Switch your Flex to AM to hear if the sound is the same as what you hear on your AM radio. I get some really strong powerline noise here and yes, the waterfall display is pink when it happens!!
Edwin Marzan AB2VW > Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:10:47 -0600 > From: bst...@comcast.net > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: [Flexradio] Waterfall and powerline noise > > > 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. > > Brad A. Steffler > KE4XJ > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
