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November 6th 03, 10:58 PM

William Mutch wrote:

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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.

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I"ve no idea of your physical environment, but I'd try using the
DX396 on batteries as a direction finder to see if you can locate the
source. Try it first with a strong local MW station to get a feel for
the directional characteristics of the DX396. Usually if you collapse
the whip antenna there is a ferrite stick inside which gives a pretty
clear null off the flat side of the radio. Then try to use it to find
the direction of the noise source by listening and nulling from a couple
different locations.

Naturally, I found that when placed next to my computer the radio makes
a noise that sounds a lot like a data transmission. The weird part is
that unplugging the computer doesn't eliminate the noise.

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