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Re: [TowerTalk] noise profiles...

To: StellarCAT <rxdesign@ssvecnet.com>, tower <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] noise profiles...
From: Ken K6MR <k6mr@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 01:08:45 +0000
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There is some good info at www.w0qe.com<http://www.w0qe.com> . I’ve got 
something similar (new in the last 2 months) at 1815. I’m in the midst of 
building a receiving loop to locate it. On in the late afternoon, off around 
midnight – 2AM.



I only have a couple of neighbors within a ½ mile so my job should be 
relatively easy. Getting someone to cooperate is a different story. One 
neighbor is a known grower (busted a couple of years ago) so he might be back 
at it indoors.



Ken K6MR



From: StellarCAT<mailto:rxdesign@ssvecnet.com>
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 4:20 PM
To: tower<mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] noise profiles...



Hello ... I know there is a group for this ... but I also know there are guys 
on here SERIOUS about DXing and/or contesting that have had to work on these 
issues so I’ve brought this here to see what responses I can get.

Two questions:

what would the spectrum profile be for a ‘grow’ farm?

and

for a plasma TV?

I have this noise that is there most every night – and goes away at some point 
in tot the night. It is broad – about 36Khz wide as seen on NaP3 panadapter ... 
it looks like a crater cut in profile through the center with a long raised yet 
flat area that is about 3-4 db above the noise floor (non-interference part of 
the band) ... and at each end there is an upturn in the noise that peaks as 
high as 12db above the noise floor with a pretty sudden drop off back to the 
normal noise floor. It moves a bit from night to night – it can be as high as 
3515 Khz or so (bottom at ~3480) or as ‘low’ as 3505 at the high end ... AND it 
appears as well at the bottom of 160 around 1810 or so!

I just checked where it was tonight and it is actually much wider tonight going 
from 3470 – 3530 ... so ±30Khz and at the center there is a peak! Likewise 
tonight on 160 it is at 1856 – 1888 with the same center peak.

Could this be a plasma TV? It is quite evident as noted peaking in one 
direction as seen while using the HiZ 8 element receive array (dual 4 sqs).

I had this in TWO different directions .... and one of them went away around 
Xmas time and so far hasn’t returned! I had hoped this might happen ... but the 
other one is still there.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Gary
K9RX

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