Utility company telemetry and control over the wires maybe?
Carl
KM1H
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From: "Jim in Waco WB5OXQ" <wb5oxq_1@grandecom.net>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:02 PM
Subject: Topband: Low band noise
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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