[Lowfer] Noisy ( ie : washing machine )

[Laurence KL7UK]

Yep - sounds musical and if using qrss 3 looks like a single freq that splits, spider like, as it gets up to speed, and then individual frequencies combine to one before switching off -
 
Elevators, pumps, variable speed drives, crane motors (interference seen from cranes over 3 miles away!) As John says Im blessed with only rare glimpses and sounds here in Bartlesville.....
 
Laurence -
 

> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:06:16 -0800
> From: ku4xr at yahoo.com
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Noisy ( ie : washing machine )
> 
> I had never entertained the thought that my washing machine could be a noise source .... UNTIL; a few days ago...
> I have one of the newer, fang-dangled, computer controlled washers, and I saw it with my own eyes on the display,
> as well as heard it thru the speakers... I was monitoring on 2200 meters, and saw a really weired looking signal pattern
> on the screen... I thought that I had never saw a signal pattern like that before, and wondered what it was...
> Turned out to be the washer... as soon as it stopped; I noticed the interference changed patterns.. It didn't completely
> go away; it just " de-intensified ".... I unplugged it from the wall, and " Wah-Lah " interference GONE : Now ain't that
> somethin ??? Oh; and the manufacturers instruction manual emphasizes in big bold letters; Once plugged into the outlet,
> do not unplug the washer, because it somehow messes up the onboard control circuitry... The manual does state that in 
> the event of a power failure; the recommended procedure is to unplug the washer for 30 minutes, and then plug it back in...
>  
> I never really realized what a nuisance that noise can be until I became " hooked " on low frequency radio ...
>  
> 73 all:  -  Andy  - KU4XR
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: JD <listread at lwca.org>
> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Noisy
> 
> >>>Sounds like my neighbors are washing their clothes with all the musical 
> >>>variable ac noise - appers to be only a monthly event :-))
> 
> So, there is something to be said for having less than clean neighbors after 
> all... 
> 
> 
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