Stinger wrote:

Um...shoot your neighbors and turn off their stuff?

Just kidding. ;^)

First, try connecting to a really good ground.

The cable system here sends out a gawd-awful scramble signal to make sure
folks aren't getting free HBO, and it is audible across several bands of SW,
making whip antennas pretty useless in my house. (Which brings me to my
second suggestion...)

Try an outside long-wire antenna, preferably with shielded coax on the
length inside your house. Worked wonders for my SW.

I've got one of those. It's either 50 or 75 feet (can't remember
offhand) of wire connected to coax. The coax is all curled up on a shelf
because it was too long (but all I had at the time). Maybe shorter coax
would help? Also, no I don't have a ground. I'll fix that tomorrow if I
get the time. I should note that I turned the radio back on at 0030 and
Radio Exterior de Espana was there, albeit under the warbling sound. I'd
spent 45 minutes at 2300 with no luck trying to get it in.


-- Stinger

"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
I've been tuning across HF and I just realized that the weird noises
that are obscuring 6055 are EVERYWHERE, on every band, not only on my
FRG8800 but also my DX396 (battery operated/whip antenna, so it's not
line noise). I turned off and unplugged everything I could think of,
from air cleaners to lights to computer equipment and it's still there.
Only the strongest stations get through. It's not solar caused because
the rest of you aren't getting it. It must be in my area somewhere. I
believe it started in mid September and clears up only once in a blue
moon. What can I do?