Topband: Low band noise

["Jim in Waco WB5OXQ" <wb5oxq_1@grandecom.net>]

I live in Waco Texas and there are no known windmils or inverters nearby that I 
know of.  I have a lowband noise that is pretty broadband starting around 1mhz 
on the am broadcast band and running almost non stop until around 2.5mhz or so. 
 It is a buzzing noise on am and a hetrodyne on ssb or cw.  Once in a while I 
hear what sounds like ascii  for a couple of seconds and returning to a solid 
carrier modulated with  a rough ac note around 200hz.  I took my E1 receiver on 
battery power around the house and could not pinpoint the problem so I turned 
the main breaker off killing the whole whuse but the buzzing was still there.  
So I took the portable receiver in my truck and drove around the neighborhood 
and the noise is still there everywhere I go.  Bear in mind I cannot hear much 
on 160 or the am band because the signal strength is at least S9 or more.  The 
noise did not go away driving around the block so I drove further to the edge 
of town to a rural area and the noise is sti
 ll there.  I did this a couple of nights ago and have not tried this in the 
daytime.  The weather has turned icy and cold so I will not try anymore until 
this next weekend when the temp goes bsack to the 70s.  I keep trying to find a 
good topband antenna but with this noise I will never hear much.  The noise is 
down a lot by 80 meters and not heard any further up the band.
Anyone else hear this?  WB5OXQ
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