Band conditions on 20 meters and higher frequencies have been not so good the past few days. How does the noise look on the panadapter display? Noise sources like switching power supplies for a variety of things will show up as a hill of noise at a part of the display, maybe drifting around some. If you are seeing about the same noise level across the whole band it could be just band noise and poor band conditions giving you no signals. The no signals could be just no one getting on the higher bands when you are listening. During a major contest they can become alive when other times they look dead.
I hope you can find someone local to work with. They don't have to have a flex rig, so if you have any ham clubs in your area that might be a good place to find some help. 73 - Mike WA8BXN -------Original Message------- From: Brad A. Steffler Date: 4/4/2011 10:27:26 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Newbie would like local help I live in Mobile, Alabama. Is there a Flex 5000a user near me that I Could consult? After being out of ham radio for 27 years, I am a bit Rusty. I think I am experiencing Abnormally high noise levels on several of the bands and I would like to Compare with a more experienced Flex user nearby. 10 meters appears all But dead when I listen in the afternoon and , of course, at night. I am Experiencing severe noise problems on 20 Meters and fairly high levels Of noise on 40 and 15 Meters as well. On 75-80 Meters The noise levels Are as I expect in the spring. The noise I hear on 10, 15, 20 and 40 Meters is constant and is not the Usual atmospheric noise that is so common 80 Meters like I would hear During the hot summer months. Finding the source is baffling me. The Powerline noise I had been suffering has been eliminated. Alabama Power Cured it 4 days after I reported it. 73 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/
