[ARC5] BC 453 request - ham radio

[Bob Macklin]

One of the main noise sources is the mercury vapor and sodium vapor arc 
lights!

I have a local problem here. My 50W 2M FM gets into the cable TV system. But 
it seems OK at 25W.

My DX-60 does it also at 50W.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; "kn7sfz" <kn7sfz at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] BC 453 request - ham radio


> 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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