My solution to this has been to get the HF (and VHF) antennas as far
away from the house as I can.
Back in the late 80's I was chasing satellites for the first time. One
day I ended up with the antennas pointing downward and as I was rotating
the antenna, the array looked through the house. Even on 436MHz, the
S-meter just hung at about 20 over. We didn't have all the much digital
stuff back then: a few of computers (networked on AppleTalk) and maybe a
few digital clocks and the stuff still made a lot of noise.
I have had some pretty frustrating noise problems. One of the worst was
a USB port that pretty much shut down 80/40/20M. I disconnected the
port from the computer and it magically got very quiet. The replacement
USB2.0 port didn't exhibit the same problem.
If you have a different computer available, try running it with your
radio and turn the normal one off. Also try turning other things off in
the house. Shutdown the internet and cable for a bit and see if that
changes things.
Your power company is responsible for keeping their power lines quiet,
you may be able to contact them also. If the power lines are making
noise it usually is a failing insulator or splice and the power company
is usually receptive to fixing these things. Your cable company has a
similar responsibility but may be more difficult to deal with.
You don't happen live in one of the few places that is using internet
over power lines? It could also be a defective meter reading unit,
either for your electric, gas, or water meter, or it could be the
repeater up on the power pole.
Tom
WB8COX
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