On 05/22/2010 05:19 PM, Bill M wrote:
Bill Baka wrote:
On 05/22/2010 01:40 PM, Bill M wrote:
Bill Baka wrote:

With my scope synced to 60 Hz I can see two big spikes and lots of
little ones that take a while to settle down.
Thanks for the reply,
Bill Baka

What sort of antenna are you using? You might be able to configure
something, although I'm not exactly sure what, that can provide more
directivity and maybe escape from some of the junk noise.

I have a sort of long wire, 25 feet, and the other side is grounded to
a chain link fence. There is not enough room to put up much else
unless I run a wire to the house behind me. Yup, two rental houses on
one lot.
My stepdaughter lives in the back and I don't even know if she could
figure out the concept of radio DX noise. She is a cable TV addict and
not at all inclined to radio. I do have a radio direction finder that
I can run with a solar cell I picked up, so I can walk it around in
the sun and try to find the major noise source that way. When I scoped
it, it looked like a lot of SCR's triggering at various points so I
kind of figure it may be SCR light dimmers.

yes, with puny antennas and rental houses and chain link fences and
stepdaughters who are "cable tv addicts" to blame you really must attack
some cogent RFI initiatives from your part. That's what I was alluding
to before.

Yeah, but I have the 'longish' wire at the farthest point from any
electricity lines as is possible. If I run it back to her place then it
will be parallel to her power lines, so it might be worse. I just hope I
can find a bad connection on a power line so I can get the local
electric company to fix it. I might get blown off on that though.
Bill Baka