[Boatanchors] 60 cycle buzzzz

[Carl]

Probably by putting a nice low resistance nichrome wire dummy load on 
the line to absorb the crud. Now all you have to do is unplug everything 
in the house one at a time. That also includes CFL's, electric blankets,

Carl
KM1H
 and light dimmers
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barrie Smith" <barrie at centric.net>
To: "Boatanchors Mail List" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:13 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] 60 cycle buzzzz


> Good evening:
>
> For most of this last winter (is winter over, yet?), I've had a off 
> and on, raspy, 60 cycle buzz (it's a buzz, not a hum) while listening 
> to 160 and 75M.
>
> I'm in Montana, so I often have a 1500 watt electric heater running in 
> the shack, just to keep the ice off my toes.
>
> This evening, while listening on 3870, I turned the heater off.  The 
> buzz had not been heard, at all, until I turned the heater OFF.
>
> I turned the heater back on and the buzz went away.  I turned it off, 
> and the buzz returned.
>
> Well, I thought, I'll unplug the heater.  Still the same buzz.
>
> So, it's not the heater.  However, if the heater is on, the buzz is 
> gone(?).
>
> This is just another example of "It could only happen here, in my 
> hamshack".
>
> How could turning an electric heater on turn off a raspy buzz?
>
> 73, Barrie, W7ALW
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