Topband: New RFI Source

2020-02-20 Thread HP
Another drifting source that slowly drifts across 80 meters and repeats turns out to be a "Solar Boy" one of the cheap garden ":Little Boy" with LED lights at night . For several days I thought it was my active vertical amp oscillating -then went snooping with my Icom R10 rx and lo and behold

Re: Topband: New RFI Source

2020-02-20 Thread Dale Putnam
Yes Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> From: Topband on behalf of Jim Brown Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 10:45:32 AM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: New RFI Source On 2/20/2020 8:49 AM, Wes wrote: > I figured the wall

Re: Topband: New RFI Source

2020-02-20 Thread Wes
That's what I assume. On 2/20/2020 10:45 AM, Jim Brown wrote: On 2/20/2020 8:49 AM, Wes wrote: I figured the wall wart, but the signal persists slightly after unplugging it then dies, so it looks like something internal.  Easy fix is to plug it in only when necessary. Could it be that a big

Re: Topband: New RFI Source

2020-02-20 Thread Jim Brown
On 2/20/2020 8:49 AM, Wes wrote: I figured the wall wart, but the signal persists slightly after unplugging it then dies, so it looks like something internal.  Easy fix is to plug it in only when necessary. Could it be that a big cap inside the unit continues to supply current to the noise so

Topband: New RFI Source

2020-02-20 Thread Wes
As mentioned earlier, last night I noted a drifting birdie sweeping up and down the 160 meter band.  Hans, SM6CVX, wrote to suggest a switched mode power supply was the culprit. To make a long story short, I recently installed one of these to archive some VHS tapes: https://www.amazon.com/HD