Pete,
fine it was you calling CQ ON. It should be no problem to make a QSO at
normal QRN levels (for this time of the year).
Last night QRN was as bad as in mid-summer.
73, Rik ON7YD - OR7T
At 01:17 7/11/2008, you wrote:
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
--- 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, 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
- >
- >>
- >
- >>
- >
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