Ok Rik I think I heard you call but you didn't hear me reply. Yes it was me calling CQ ON, I am glad that much got through. There appeared to be some deep QSB on Mal and GW3UEP who I called with no result. QRN was also heavy so not a good night to make the trip. I will do a calling and listening watch same time tomorrow.
Good Luck and 73 petefmt
From: Rik Strobbe <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: LF: 500 noise - Rik: Yep its in the house!
To: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, 6 November, 2008, 9:11 PM
Pete,
I guess I heard bits and pieces of your signal.
A bit later I heard someone calling CQ ON but couldn't get a call.
But QRN is terrible and propagation seems poor, G3KEV and the DI
beaccons were weaker than usual.
If it keeps dry I'll give it another try tomorrow.
73, Rik ON7YD - OR7T
Quoting M0FMT <[email protected]>:
> Ok Rik I will be lurking on the band I am xtal controlled on 502.3.
>
> 73 petefmt
>
> --- On Thu, 6/11/08, Rik Strobbe <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> From: Rik Strobbe <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: LF: 500 noise - Rik: Yep its in the house!
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Thursday, 6 November, 2008, 4:10 PM
>
>
> If WX permits (no rain) I'll try to be QRV tonight (19-21 UT)
>
> 73, Rik ON7YD - OR7T
>
> At 16:37 6/11/2008, you wrote:
>
> Hi Rik and LF
>
> Thanks for pushing me into doing some thing about my 500kc/s noise.
> You would think a bloke my age would have got to grips with this
> earlier. You were dead right The noise was coming from a DVD player
> that was on the face of it switched off. Using a small MW radio
> proved otherwise. I have to pull the plug out of the wall to shut it
> up. Surgery with a hammer is planned next!!!
>
> Oh yes I am now hearing things again hope to hear you and have that QSO.
>
> 73 petefmt
>
>
>
> --- On Mon, 3/11/08, Rik Strobbe <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>
> From: Rik Strobbe <[email protected]>
>
> Subject: Re: LF: 500
>
> To: [email protected]
>
> Date: Monday, 3 November, 2008, 2:50 PM
>
>
>
> Hello Pete,
>
>
> I found out that 90% of the noise on 500kHz came from inside my own
> house.
>
> A lot of electronics is running of switched PSU's and you need just
> one of
>
> these oscillating near 500 kHz to get a lot of noise.
>
> I took a small portable AM radio (tuned to the lowest end of the
> medium wave
>
> band = abt. 520kHz) to locate the noise sources. Use the ferrite
> antenna to take
>
> null bearings.
>
> After replacing a couple of 12V switched PSU's by good old linear
> ones
>
> noise was down by 10's of dB.
>
> Another source of noise are energy saving lamps. You can locate them
> the same
>
> way.
>
>
> 73, Rik ON7YD - OR7T
>
>
>
> Quoting M0FMT <[email protected]>:
>
>
>> Hi Mal and LF
>
>>
>
>> I would like to be on for two way QSO's however its the old
> story
>
> here I have a high noise level and am not hearing any thing
> other than local
>
> signals.
>
>>
>
>> I was on the Suffolk coast for this years holiday. I only had
> a Kenwood
>
> TS50 and a 40 metre dipole up. I was hearing just about every
> thing on
>
> 500kc/s. Its not as though I live in a high density area apart
> from a neighbour
>
> either side the nearest other is about 1/4mile away but I do
> have 11kV at the
>
> bottom of the garden which to date has not been a problem. So I
> suspect an
>
> insulator but the noise is not general it is not affecting HF
> at the moment.
>
>>
>
>> I have an 8 foot Octagon tuneable and rotatable loop that I
> am playing
>
> with at the moment but so far no real improvement.
>
>>
>
>> Sorry for the tale of woe but we are working on the problem.
>
>>
>
>> Chris XIZ has suggested X band so I may try that shortly.
>
>>
>
>> 73 petefmt
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> --- On Mon, 3/11/08, mal hamilton <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>
>> From: mal hamilton <[email protected]>
>
>> Subject: Re: LF: 500
>
>> To: [email protected]
>
>> Date: Monday, 3 November, 2008, 11:32 AM
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> 
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> Peter
>
>> Listening on 500 recently it looks like the GAS has gone out.
>
>> Mal/g3kev
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>
>> From: M0FMT
>
>> To: [email protected]
>
>> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:10 AM
>
>> Subject: Re: LF: 500
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> Nice one Warren .... :))
>
>>
>
>> Sorry Mal.
>
>>
>
>> 73 Petefmt
>
>>
>
>> --- On Sat, 1/11/08, Warren Ziegler <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>
>> From: Warren Ziegler <[email protected]>
>
>> Subject: Re: LF: 500
>
>> To: [email protected]
>
>> Date: Saturday, 1 November, 2008, 7:24 PM
>
>>
>
>> Mal,
>
>> You have a gas powered TX?
>
>> 73 K2ORS
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 2:55 PM, mal hamilton
> <[email protected]>
>
>> wrote:
>
>>> Hi
>
>>> Is there anyone listening on 500 ? or am I just burning up
> gas !! now
>
> CQ
>
>> for
>
>>> a qso on 502.6
>
>>> de g3kev
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> --
>
>> 73 Warren K2ORS
>
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