I do know for a fact our digital set top box is a cause for some of the
hf interfeerendce I get round here, and the rest is power line noise.
Shaun
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On 23/03/2008 11:48 AM, the old scribe known as Louis Kim Kline was able
to impart this pearl of wisdom:
> Hi.
>
> They are a lot more than weak birdies here and I'm pretty sure they are
> being radiated from neighboring houses based upon signal strengths on my
> Sony portable as I'm walking around the house and yard. I've found that
> you can often tell a bit by collapsing the antenna and rolling the RF Gain
> back and noting where the signal is strong enough to be heard anyway.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 07:04 PM 3/22/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>> Hi Lou,
>> I'm always fighting interferences of one kind or another around here too.
>> But, I'm not giving up on HF radio. Every time I buy a new electronic
>> gizmo, the new switching power plug presents me with another weak birdie,
>> Fortunately, the birdies and other interference noises are usually just
>> weak background noise here and I do hope that it stays that way!
>> 73
>> Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
>> Skype name: bobtinn
>> Live Long and Prosper!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 2:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: Diode Mod for TS2000S
>>
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> After doing some looking around on the HF bands, I came to a sudden
>> realization that trying to get a quiet receiver on these bands is
>> pointless. Regardless of how good my receiver is, I live in a city, and
>> generally mostly what I am hearing all over the HF spectrum is Part 15
>> devices. In theory, I have the right to be free from interference by these
>> devices, but any urban dweller probably knows that they win by their sheer
>> numbers because it is impossible to track all of them down. I am finding
>> that the MW and HF spectrum is ruled by computer hash, miscellaneous
>> digital clock pulses, and video garbage, sometimes registering up to S9+220
>> DB, and generally not less than S7.
>>
>> I came to the conclusion after looking over the situation that I'm not
>> spending one more dime on anything below 50 MHz.
>>
>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>
>>
>>
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