[Elecraft] Station setup

[Justin Grenier]

Gang,

Thank you for the input so far...I will try turning off the main circuit to
the house later on when our company leaves.  Yes, our house has Cat-5
wiring, and our neighbors all have dsl.

Thanks for the bandwidth.
Justin

> Justin,
>
> Welcome to the Pacific Northwest.. (I live in the
> Tri-Cities---Richland).
> First thing I would do is cut the power to the house and see
> if the noise was still there.
>
> If it goes, then isolate the house circuits, one by one... I
> had trouble with the switches that had built-in neon lights,
>
> If it doesn't go when you cut the power, then I would start
> walking the area with a Aircraft band VHF AM receiver, and
> see what I could find....
>
> Is the house ( or near neighbors) pre-wired for
> broadband/DSL ???
>
> Does your neighbor have one of the new *big* HDTV's ??
>
> One of my "tools" is the AM receiver in my car... tuned to
> one end of the band, volume up a bit, and listening while
> I'm driving..
>
> I don't know if this helps, but this group has a lot of
> knowledge and experience...
>
> Dave KK7SS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin Grenier" <justin_grenier@yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: [Elecraft] Station setup
> >>.  On all bands, my noise level with both antennae is
> anywhere between S8 and 30-50dB >>over S9.  It is impossible
> for me to operate with 100w, let alone 1w, and very
> frustrating as >>I am losing a bit of cw proficiency.  There
> is no BPL test area around as far as I know.  >>We .have 3
> PCs on a router here in the house, 1 of them implements the
> 802.11b wireless >>thing...I have tried unplugging and
> shutting down all of it with absolutely no change in my rx
> >>noise level.  Any suggestions as to where I might continue
> looking would be sincerely >>appreciated.
>
>
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