No, I said ground the RADIO; i.e, the Midland.

Oh. yeah. Funny thing about that. I can remove the groundwire from my
radio and it'll get it's ground from the antenna cable. 1 wire power
. But yeah, Tried touching a groundwire to everything on the radio,
the coax connector, the back of the radio, the mounting screws. twisted
the negative battery wire, the negative radio wire and the ground wire
together, no change.

I was just joking. But the power line is just the line going to the
house? I was under the impression that you were sitting under a major
distribution line or something. If the noise is coming from your house
power line you should be able to find out the source of the noise by
shutting off things in the house. A computer UPS or security backup
supply can cause gobs of noise, as can light dimmers and other small
appliances.

That's a good idea, I didn't think about the noise coming from devices
IN my house. I have quiet a few noisy flourescent lights that interfere
with my shortwave radio. Cursed cheap ballasts.

It would be better if you could run the coax -up- the hill and mount
the antenna as high as possible.

I wish I could. Uphill is the road and my neighbors. Luckily, in
Oregon, we have huge trees. I'll say it's a christmas ornament.