-----Original Message-----
From: Buddy Brannan [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 11:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Terrible, hideous noise!

Yep, that's my plan, to take a receiver around and see if I can hear
anything. Of course, having the time to do it at the same time that the
noise is being generated is going to be the tricky bit. Thanks for the
suggestions, and also that list of possible noise sources. It's funny you
mention the traffic lights. Our neighborhood has a couple of audible traffic
signals, but only by accident. They're really old, and they go *Clunk*
*Buzz* very loudly as the relays change the light over. They've been there
forever though, so I don't think that that's what's doing it. Besides, it's
pretty much continuous when it's on. I, too, hope I can track it down. Now
that I have this neat old Electro bug (I understand it's the predecessor to
the Speed-X bugs), I want to be able to use it! 
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Dec 6, 2011, at 11:15 PM, Lloyd Rasmussen wrote:

> If you have any sort of shortwave radio that picks up AM, walk around the
> house and the neighborhood and see if any patterns emerge.  You can be
> fooled, but this technique should work, especially as you go to higher and
> higher frequencies.  Plasma TV's are hideous.  Some street lights buzz
like
> crazy when they can't decide whether to be on or off.  And although I
think
> it was an exception, my brother's iPhone charger was extremely loud across
> the HF spectrum during a recent family visit to Iowa.  
> 
> I hope you succeed in finding this before it takes you off the air.
> 73,
> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Wheaton, Maryland
> Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 11:02 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Terrible, hideous noise!
>> 
>> I get to have fun trying to track down some noise.
>> 
>> Seems that when it's on (a lot), it runs from 40 meters all the way =
>> through to 17 meters. Good S9, takes out the whole band. I thought it =
>> might be the new Roadrunner go fast sideband cable modem, but I =
>> unplugged it with no change. Thought it might be the blower in our =
>> furnace, but turned off the thermostat with no change either. Thought it
=
>> might be the ethernet over house wiring adapters, but I've had a couple =
>> of them running since August, but the noise has only started with a =
>> vengeance during the past few weeks. It was intermittent, but now pretty
=
>> constant, which makes me think it's something Winter or holiday related,
=
>> but absolutely no idea what yet. I'm not even sure it's being generated =
>> at my house, could be something from a neighbor. That I hear it more =
>> often in the evening lends some credence to this theory. Lovely buzzing =
>> static. I'm somewhat inclined to blame the high speed Internet, but more
=
>> at the cable drop, maybe, and not the modem itself, as I started =
>> noticing it when we got the sideband Internet service. Could be =
>> coincidental though, as I don't hear it all the time. Anyway, it's very =
>> annoying. Not expecting a lot of suggestions, mostly just bitching. LOL
>> 
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY