Re: [IRCA] Interference issue

[Tom L Jones <ka1yhi@xxxxxxxx>]

It may be the main breaker itself. Next time tap it & or listen
to it with a cardboard tube.........
If all the OTHER  breakers are off it should also stop since there isnt
any current through it.
Good luck
73
Tom Jones
Mason N.H.

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:43:15 -0500 "Saul Chernos" <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> I've managed to fix this, but here's a QRM issue I am still puzzled 
> by.
> 
> came up to Burnt River ON DX site last night, really for more of a 
> holiday 
> with my GF than a Dxpedition, but you can't keep me away from the 
> dials and 
> I want to test the ULRs some more.
> 
> Anyhow, had a horrible buzzing right up the AM band, worst down at 
> 530, in 
> some cases not that apprent at the top, or less so as climbed 
> frequencies.
> 
> I shut every single light with a dimmer I could find in the house, 
> in fact I 
> shut off all lights, unplugged the TV and VCR, turned the furnace 
> down for 
> awhile, and checked every outlet for anything unsual plugged in 
> (other 
> family members were here last weekend).
> 
> No go. Solid loud noise. UNDXable for the most part. This morning I 
> turned 
> the actual house breaker off, and noise finally went away. Turned 
> the 
> breaker back on and the noise returned. Switched each individual 
> switch off, 
> one at a time, but the noise didn't go away. I switched the big 
> breaker off 
> again, and back on, and the noise on my radio (used the Prison radio 
> ULR for 
> this) disappeared and then returned. More P...'d off than using any 
> logic, I 
> turned the breaker off-on-off-on a few times, and the noise did not 
> return. 
> It's still quiet, but oretty well everything that was working 
> electrically 
> seems to be normal (I haven't tested each and every light or outlet, 
> just 
> obvious things like the septic system, furnace, hot water heater, 
> kitchen 
> appliances.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Saul
> 
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