[Elecraft] Basement QRN

[Jerry Flanders]

Did the problem go away when you replaced it with another of that 
type - i.e, was it a defective bulb? Or do all bulbs of this type 
give you this problem? I have several of them here and haven't 
noticed any problem, but I might have missed something.

Jerry W4UK

At 03:52 PM 3/9/2008, you wrote:
>Discovered another reason I don't like them spiral lights with the 
>nasty mercury in them....I have been plagued by QRN.....and once I 
>"heard" that it was a very regular pattern(like a fast motor-boat) I 
>went hunting....
>
>Sure enough, one of them modren, don't use much power, lasts a long 
>time toxic material containing bulbs was ossylayting to beat the band....
>
>Now, I have unscrewed it and have packed it away in a shock proof 
>transportation carrier so that I can legally transport it to one of 
>the two approved faciltities around here that accepts them...and 
>hope that it doesn't break and force me to report myself to the 
>Maryland Environmental Police so they can condem my car and force me 
>to hire a toxic waste hauler to take the car with the shattered bulb 
>to the approved disposal facility.
>
>73 k3hrn
>Thom,EIEIO