Thanks Tom. I think I have it narrowed down with a portable. The line going
to our home is spliced to the main line along with another line going to a
building across the highway. At that spot there is a ball of wires with some
kind of what appears to be a metal fixture (clamp etc.). Just
Jim -
Is this noise on 160M only, or all ham bands? Is 160M the worst, but all
bands afflicted?
You said your noise blanker works well on the noise, which is one clue.
Another thing you can do: Turn off the noise blanker, go to the part of the
band that has the worst noise, and set your rig
ubject: Topband: RFI - Lots of it
Greetings,Last Fall we moved into a new location. This Summer I spent a lot of
time and effort putting up an Inverted L and radial system. Now after tuning,
etc. completed I have what appears to be power line noise, source unknown at
this time. I threw th
Thanks Cecil,Yes during daylight hours also.
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Greetings,Last Fall we moved into a new location. This Summer I spent a lot of
time and effort putting up an Inverted L and radial system. Now after tuning,
etc. completed I have what appears to be power line noise, source unknown at
this time. I threw the main in our home and noise still
On Sun,10/25/2015 3:13 PM, Jim Murray via Topband wrote:
This Summer I spent a lot of time and effort putting up an Inverted L and
radial system.
An important part of moving to a new QTH is grounding and bonding. One
of the things I did in my professional life was teach grounding and
Jim,
At each location where I have lived, I have had line noise problems. It turns
out that the main culprit has been the insulators on the pole were either dirty
or cracked by lightning or loose hardware. If they are really old, they may
have a ball and socket connection that is *supposed*
