[ARC5] BC 453 request - ham radio

[AKLDGUY .]

I had an enormous amount of noise on 80m which proved to be due to LED
lighting in the house. When I turned off all the lights except for one
known to be the old incandescent type, the level dropped to S5.
Neil ZL1ANM

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 9:51 AM Doran Platt <jeepp at comcast.net> wrote:

> I use three Command set receivers as Q-5ers.  Two LF sets and one BC band
> set for use with ARR-15, BC-348, and ARC-2 equipment.  They allow
> acceptable use of these otherwise very wide receivers.  And, BTW, my
> ambient NL is about S9 most of the time, some traceable to computers,
> lighting controls, and who-knows-what from the neighbors!
> K3HVG
>
>
> > On October 31, 2019 at 3:00 PM "Kenneth G. Gordon" <
> kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 31 Oct 2019 at 11:39, kn7sfz wrote:
> >
> > > And RF pollution
> >
> > Yes. I have a constant battle here to keep that which is near me down to
> a reasonable level.
> > My favorite Elmer, Woody Davey W7CJB, who was first licensed in the
> 1930s, told me once
> > that the overall noise level had risen very significantly since the
> 1930s, mainly due to REA.
> >
> > > in the city has raised the noise floor to S9, so weak signal work is
> out of the
> > > question....sigh....
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > > My ARC5 stuff still provides some neat eye candy tho.....
> >
> > ...and I still use one or two pieces of mine on the air at times...
> >
> > Ken W7EKB
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