[Elecraft] [OT] Strange noise - forgot to add

[Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP]

I should have added that sometimes what appears to be the same noise 
occurs when I am NOT transmitting.

73,
Vic, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/

On 25 Jul 2016 20:05, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote:
> Has anyone experienced this:
>
> When I let the key up after sending a dash or two there is a "static
> crash" which seems to start AFTER or just as I stop sending.
>
> - It happens on various bands, but seems to happen more often on 30m or
> 20m.
>
> - It happens whether I am running my K3 barefoot or with a kW amp active.
>
> - It is intermittent. For example, this morning (6 am) it was bothering
> me on 30m. Now (8 pm) I can't make it happen.
>
> - On the P3 it looks like a series of horizontal lines extending across
> the display. Sometimes it is very short in duration, but sometimes it
> can go on for several seconds. You can imagine how annoying this is in a
> DX pileup.
>
> It is as if my RF is triggering an arc somewhere.
>
> Could a CFL lamp do this?