RadioBanter - View Single Post - an on topic post: Short wave positively affected by a power failure

June 23rd 06, 10:46 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:
an old freind wrote:
yesterday we had power for about 8 hour here so I spent alot more time
listen to shortave and a lot more wseemed to be on, this first suprised
me but after a bit of thought I think i realized why.

be nice to see the thoughts of others to see if indepentant minds come
to the same conclusion

Yes.. Agree

Power failures Do have a silver lining. they truly enhance SW reception

had a HUGE blackout here 2 years back; we sat around in Candle light,
eating perishables,
drinking Wine & listening to Shortwave.. From All Over
on portables of different vintages..

Virtually no RF.

what I founf startling is the my local RF oise would not change I am
mostly off gird (utility interfaced for lagre tool and if the sun or
wind does not cooperate so My mdoified sine inverters ware still making
their rf noise (swamping a few freqs all well known to me but the
efeect of everyone else losing power was amasing

Amazing reception..