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Old July 13th 09, 11:44 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Tracking down power line noise

Noskosteve wrote:
...I used a ... shirt pocket AM receiver to find the offending transformer.



Thansformers themselves VERY, VERY, VERY rarely make noise.
Insulators, connections and other connecting hardware are the cause.

Mchenry / McCollum Lake

Poles.

I'm actually in Wonder Lake. It's a Wonder it's still a Lake because
no one wants to have it dredged (but they surely want the "lake").

73, Steve, K9DCI atarrl point net


Sad to hear that. I used to swim in it and in 1954 I could watch the
steam engines hauling the daytime commuters to Chicago on the far side
of the lake.
Times change.
Bill Baka