I grew up in So Central Los Angeles, 1/2 block from one of the original
2-circuit 230 KV transmission lines from Hoover Dam. Several times a
year, LA DWP came around with a tank truck and coupled it to a pipe
running up the tower. A guy climbed a ladder inside the tower, hooked
up a nozzle at
On 9/10/2020 4:19 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
> Malaysia gets a lot of rain, things are wet much of the time, and back
> then (at least 30 years ago) many of the electrical insulators on the
> overhead power lines were dirty with pollution. I could see constant
> arcing across dozens of insulators.
Here in Alaska, we have frequent power outages. More often in winter
due to wind storms knocking down wires.
A few years ago we bought a 6500w Honda inverter generator to provide
emergency power. Its large enough to supply the entire house
load. One of the interesting things was noting the
Oorspronkelijk bericht Van: James Bennett via Elecraft
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Very Quiet Day I can well understand that experience.Back in 2000 my new XYL
and I honeymooned in St. Maarten / PJ7. I took a K2 with me
We are getting ready to move... One of the processes I intend on
performing on any new site is described at:
https://www.nk7z.net/sdr-rfi-survey-p1/
using an SDR as a site survey tool... I will have a quiet location...
73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
I used to travel to Malaysia quite often on business, and one of the
guys who worked for me there as an ex-pat in Kuala Lumpur had gotten a
9M2 license. So I went over to his apartment one evening with the
intention of working some 40m CW as a guest op, but the background noise
was a horrend
I can well understand that experience.
Back in 2000 my new XYL and I honeymooned in St. Maarten / PJ7. I took a K2
with me and a length of wire and coax. I managed 40 - 50 CW QSO’s in between
other activities. After we got back home I wrote an article that ARRL published
in one of their online
On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 2:53 PM Al Lorona wrote:
> Power was shut off to my noisy urban neighborhood...radio was amazing
> yesterday for six glorious hours.
>
==
Well, here's the flip side. My old qth was noisy enough, but the real
eye-opener came when I toted my KX3 to Hydera
I have a 22 db noise floor change here when power fails... If the pot
grower has his lights on the noise floor drops almost 40 db during a
power fail.
73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical
Hi Al,
Thanks for entertaining observations.
I have a proximately the same experience every time I take the KX2 or KX3 miles
away from humanity.
Wayne
N6KR
elecraft.com
> On Sep 10, 2020, at 12:53 PM, Al Lorona wrote:
>
> Power was shut off to my noisy urban neighborhood yesterday whi
Power was shut off to my noisy urban neighborhood yesterday while crews
replaced a power pole. For a long time, I have wanted to check my HF noise
floor when the power is out, and yesterday was my chance. For days like this
is why my station is solar-powered!
I expected to be surprised but I w
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