[Premium-Rx] Broadband Over Power Lines PROBLEM SOLVED

[Gary Follett]

Thanks everyone for the advice and concern but I'm almost too 
embarrassed to own up to this.  I took my little old Magnavox portable 
shortwave radio and went gunnin' for this interference. I was fully 
prepared to scout out the neighborhood, walk for miles in 5 feet of 
snow and subzero temperatures if that's what it took. Well, I walked 
about as far as the next room in the house and heard a really strong 
peak in intensity of the signal in question. I then walked back into my 
shack and was able to find a directional peak in the signal and again 
from the other end of the house. Trouble was, there were actually two 
distinct sources of the interference. Well, to make a long story short, 
I traced it to a Sharper Image "Sonic Breeze" air purifier! I have two 
of them, one upstairs and one downstairs. I turned the nearest one off 
and most of the noise went away but there was still some left at 
slightly different frequencies. I turned off the other one and all the 
interference is gone.

I can hear HF again! I still have some sort of signal coming from 
downtown Saint Paul but I am so thrilled with the improvement that I'll 
likely leave that noise for spring when I can hunt for it on my 
bicycle.

I guess the message is, question everything. Any new "gadget" that has 
electricity associated with it is a potential source of interference 
and it's going to get worse before it gets better.

HNY all,

Gary