My neighbourhood recently had a scheduled power outage so I took
advantage of it to study my local electromagnetic environment. The whole
story might be inappropriately long for this list but if anyone is
interested they can read about it in this
http://vidxer.blogspot.ca/2014/03/not-my-noise-s
Like Brian I was disappointed at
how much was still there. It was significantly better. Some of the noise must
be coming from quite a distance.
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:52:31 -0700
From: Brian Chapel
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [IRCA] What I learned about noise from a power outag
Some of the noise must be coming from quite a distance.
...indeed it seems that way. Suburbs and large cities are now, sadly,
enclosed in a huge shroud of RF crud thanks mainly to switching power
supplies, plasma TV's, microprocessors in almost everything along with miles
and miles of highly
Thanks for reporting on this Brian. I guess it makes sense; there
are a load of transmission lines / long wire antennas strung down
your street, and the fact that they have no AC power on them doesn't
change their ability to convey noise.
best wishes,
Nick
At 22:52 16-03-14, you wrote:
My
