[K6BW] I need help badly, too much interference

[K6 BBQ]

Hi again,

I turned my rig on this afternoon hoping to work someone and it is 
nearly impossible with the high level of interference.  I am putting my 
old email
from Friday down below to explain the problems again and see if anyone
thinks they can help me.  It is almost impossible to use my rig.

I am on the receiving end of some interference.

A couple of weeks ago I spoke with the San Francisco section Technical 
Advisor/Coordinator.  One of his many talents is to help people figure 
out where their interference is coming from.

Since talking to him I have run a rig on battery power.
Also run a rig on battery power while the apartment electricity was off.
Another time I ran on battery power when a corner of the intersection 
was
without power.

I have awful interference on 10 through 80 meters, sometimes it is up 
to S5 - S7 on sideband with pre amp.  On AM with preamp, it is S7-S9 
and at times s 20.

With the exception of the time that a small part of the neighborhood 
was without power, the interference has been pretty bad most other 
times.  Sometimes it pulses on a couple of bands but usually it sounds 
like driving
your car with AM radio, under power lines.

I have a small AM radio (portable) but it doesn't pick up the 
interference.  The guy suggested I walk around with a portable 
shortwave radio and see in which direction does the interference grow.

Does anyone have a small radio I can borrow to try and track this down 
or does anyone have any expert gear and want to come help me find the 
source of the problem?

Thanks for reading this,


73


Rem
k6bbq