[TVI-RFI-EMI] Re: interference

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

My favorite is the soon-to-fail lightbulb.  We have a lot of
PAR-30 and PAR-40 bulbs in our home, all on dinners.
When the filament on these things starts to fail, it puts out
a signal that could probably win a QRP radio contest.

At 09:20 PM 1/17/2005, Dan Ramos wrote:
>Hi!! It depends on what you are receiving. If it is a buzzing sound, it is 
>probably from a utility power line, or a light dimmer.
>Both are notorious for producing buzzing noise.If the noise is always 
>there, chances are it is a utility line that is dirty and needs
>to be cleaned.Don't forget TVs that produce sweeping noise up to 10 Mhz.Do 
>you operate only at night? That is the time
>most TVs are on.Have you tried different operating times to see if the 
>sounds diminish? I am a SWL and know too well
>these sounds.That is all the suggestions I have off the top of my head.
>
>                                                                 Dan 
> Ramos// Huntington Beach,CA
>At 14:22 01/17/2005, you wrote:
>
>>--- paul glassman <highschooldiving at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > i  recently moved to burlington ky. i set up my hf
>> > station and much to my surprise, the noise level is
>> > a
>> > steady s-5. it sounds like a giger counter that has
>> > found the mother load. i shut down the main breaker
>> > to
>> > the house and used a car battery. same noise. the
>>noise blanker does away with 75% of the noise. i do
>> > not have cable tv however it is in the neighborhood
>> > and i do not think that bpl is in this area? any
>> > ideas?  73  paul w8jn
>> >
>> >
>> >
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