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Everyone is giving you some excellent advice that is beyond my
ability. But having been a ham for over 50 yrs I have learned that a lot of the noise generated locally is from two places, power lines, and believe it or not , the biggest one is door-bell transformers in attics. Power line problems are the easy for the most part and usually within one mile of your qth shack. Take a small am portable radio and a large hand held hammer and start walking around the neighborhood. Tune off of a local station so you can hear better. HIt each pole that you come too with the hammer, any change heard indicates something is amiss. I have located bad ground connections in the guy wires from the pole at so many, I can not recall the number. If you find a pole with bad noise, don't do anything yourself. Call the local power company,( sometimes it takes several calls until they start helping), let them listen to the noise in your rcvr and they show them what you have found. All power companies are suppose to have equipment that will be a great deal better than your am radio. In either event, you will need the power company to help you!!!!!! Door bell transformers are the worse. They are continually connect to the power supply 120 line. Most of the time in an attic, and don't be shocked to find that they are under the insulation up there. They are especially a fire hazard to the home owner, so most folks will be happy to know about them. The only way that you can surely go down to the right house is with the power company man. The am radio buzz and the equipment they have should put you in a nearby homeplace. The power meter must be removed to pin it down. If the meter is removed and the interference stops and upon re- insertion starts again, you are at one source. Let the power company do the talking and get permission to check the fuses boxes first to see if it can be narrowed down to something else. If this shows up when the fuse is open and the door bell button is pushed and nothing happens , well you have one. I found so many, I brought me several and asked the power man to install it up on the roof joints. Air can the circulate and relieve the heat issue. Everyone done this way has never gone bad again. Hope this helps some. 73 John K4ZYF,SC |
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