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Re: Topband: Low band noise

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Subject: Re: Topband: Low band noise
From: Herbert Schonbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:59:47 -0400
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Bruce, I can't answer your wind turbine noise question on TB but while we are on the subject and a bit off topic....in the 70's a 250KW wind turbine with metal blades was installed on the island of Culebra midway between Puerto Rico and St. Thomas. As the blades were rotating they would shock modulate the TV signal reception of WAPA-TV and WKAQ on channels 2 and 4 causing what appeared to be hum bars rolling across the screen. I ironically on a calm day the interference would disappear. It was also determined that aircraft radar from the naval station Roosevelt Roads using the El Yunque Mtn installation and USN installation on Crown Mountain in St. often complained of refracted blips caused by the leading edge of the blades...at least that is what I was told by hams that worked their. I think today and for that reason non metallic blades made from composite resins are required for the larger systems.


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ




On 2/11/2014 4:58 PM, Bruce wrote:
Getting noise from my NW direction. Does not seem to be local. Started 
wondering what, at distance,  could be causing it. At times it seems to have a 
rhythm like a motor.

There are a lot of power generating wind mills showing up.  Checking through 
Google, they generate DC and convert to  3 phase AC it with an inverter. The 
frequency and phase of the inverter is controlled with a sample from the power 
grid.

Could their inverters have enough sine wave distortion to have harmonic energy?

So my question is: Does anyone have first hand knowledge of interference on the 
low bands from  power generator wind mills?

Bruce-K1FZ
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