[Fists] Station setup

Mon, 20 Oct 2003 00:57:04 -0400

Justin,

Glad to hear you made the move OK!

Try taking a portable AM broadcast radio around to see if you can't pinpoint
the source.

Another thing you can do is setup a battery operated HF reciever in your
shack. Then go down and kill the main breakers/fuses for your house. This
will remove power from everything in the house. If the noise goes away, it's
in your house or yard. If not, you can start looking at your neighbors
(ugh). At least you will know if it's you or not.

Best of luck tracking it down... got a similiar situation here this Fall
only the noise is intermittent.

73,

Mark W1EOF

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of Justin Grenier
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 1:18 AM
> To: Elecraft Reflector; FISTS Reflector
> Subject: [Fists] Station setup
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> This message may not exactly be typical reflector business, but I
> am running out of moves.
>
> My wife and I have just moved to a suburb of Portland, OR from
> Palm Beach, FL.  I have set up my hamshack here in the new
> house...Much time has been spent erecting and placing my
> antennae, which include an R5 vertical, and a g5rv dipole.  This
> setup is not much different than how I had things in FL; I was
> able to put a ground rod right outside my shack window, and the
> conductor to it is about 4' long.  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.
>
> 73,
> ::::::
>
> Justin Grenier, W3JGG
> FISTS 9980, CC1461
> QRPp-I 754  FP-QRP 668
> Elecraft K1 0196
>
> CW *is* ham radio
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