Re: [IRCA] QRM from Lights

[neilkaz <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Really ?!! I guess I learned something today. In my 50 years in the hobby I always thought the QRN meant any kinda interference from noise and QRM was interference from other stations.

73 KAZ

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>From: Rick Dau <drummer1965us@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: May 17, 2014 1:14 AM
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>Subject: Re: [IRCA] QRM from Lights
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>Tim is correct.  QRM = manmade interference (i.e., dimmer switches, halogen bulbs, power lines, etc.), QRN = natural interference (i.e., lightning strikes).  73, Rick Dau on the road in Davenport, Iowa and dealing with plenty of hotel room QRM!! 
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>> From: tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 04:00:36 +0000
>> Subject: [IRCA] QRM from Lights
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>> I thought the M in QRM stood for ³manmade² and the N in QRN stood for
>> ³natural."
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>> >Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 11:17:25 -0700 (PDT)
>> >From: "Powell E. Way III" <w4opw@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> >It would be QRN, not QRM. 
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