I don't know how long ago your house was wired but years ago they used
to soldier joints together, Knob and Tube wiring. You can also check your
outlets to make sure the screws are tight on the wires, check in the panel
(be careful) for loose screws etc. Any loose joint or screw is a potential noise
maker.
Bob Young
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 10:00
AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Drake R8A MW
listening
Thanks to all who replied -- you are very generous with
your
time.
I walked outside and all around my house with a Sangean
DT210V,
a pretty good little pocket radio. I tuned it to 740, CHWO
from
Toronto. This station usually comes in pretty clear in my car
(a
good Pioneer tuner). In the house the best I can get is a
mumble with a lot
of noise behind it.
>From about 10-15 feet away from the house and
out into the back
yard the station came in at medium strength and clear.
Any closer
to the house the noise rose up and drowned it out. This was
early
in the morning, televisions, air conditioning, most of the
lights
were all off.
My house was built around 1860. The electricity
was pasted on
(term carefully chosen) sometime later. At first there was
one
large circuit that enters every room. Later other circuits
were
pasted on.
In short, I have a noisy house. The solution to the
noise problem
is to rewire the house -- not likely to happen.
Next
question: given a noisy house, are there noise reducers that
are any help?
For example, Universal has an ANC-4:
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/preamps/0094.html
Thanks
for any help
Lenny
Silver
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