Re: [IRCA] QRN problem - any ideas?

["Jim Renfrew" <jrenfrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds exactly like the problem I used to have when I lived in Rochester, 
about one driveway's width from the neighbor on each side (2 apartments 
each), and also near a another house behind the first with two apartments. 
I could only DX sometime after eleven PM after the perpetrator went to bed. 
I figured it was a leaky TV or a bad fluorescent.  If you've got someone 
above you that could be the source.  Become friendly with your neighbors I 
guess.  I don't know if HD would cause such hash, but the analog set sure 
did.

And the bad thing about a crowded neighborhood is that even if you find one 
source, the next renter to come along may do the same.

Jim Renfrew


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Pogue" <KH2AR@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "James Pogue" <KH2AR@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 10:20 AM
Subject: [IRCA] QRN problem - any ideas?


> Dear friends and list members,
>
>
>
> I am having a terrible time here with interference that is ruining my
> listening/hamming experience and am hoping someone can offer some 
> practical
> suggestions. Here's the situation.
>
>
>
> The interference - basically a continuous raspy sound - seems to come up 
> at
> about 0830 local time here each day. It is often (but not always) quiet
> before then. The problem usually persists until late at night, i.e. 2300
> local or later. The AM broadcast band seems to be affected the least, 80
> meters suffers a little, but every other band from 40 through 10 meters is
> affected at different levels. I have tried some rudimentary methods to try
> and isolate it but without success. I'm not even sure if it is atmospheric
> (i.e., coming through my antenna) or through the AC line (mains). My 
> antenna
> is a G5RV Jr. in an inverted "V" configuration.
>
>
>
> I am in an older house, 2-story in a residential neighborhood of Memphis, 
> on
> essentially a zero line lot. I can supply the exact address if anyone 
> wants
> to see the house on Google maps street views. There are renters upstairs.
>
>
>
> I have limited equipment available for isolating the problem, and even 
> less
> technical knowledge. I'd really appreciate any suggestions for solving 
> this
> problem that now produces QRN at an S-9 level. I haven't called the local
> power company yet, but don't hold out much hope for help from them. Thanks
> very much.
>
>
>
> Jim Pogue - KH2AR/W4
>
> Memphis, TN USA
>
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