Re: Re: Shortwave
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Chris Krascek on Tue May 05 2026 12:25 pm
> -=> Chris Krascek wrote to phigan <=-
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> CK> I'm located SW Ontario Canada. I have tried with just the whip and the
> CK> longwire.. No go. Just static mainly. Its crazy because I did get all
> CK> kinds of channels then one day not so much. I used the map, indicates
> CK> shading of your area and what freq to turn to yet nothing. Ive varied
> CK> the times and tried during the day. It could just be that not a lot of
> CK> countries are broadcasting.
>
> I wonder how much local interference there is. I used powerline
> ethernet adapters, rumor had it that they caused a lot of interference
> with shortwave - essentially leaking RF through the powerlines, I
> presume.
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> ... Take away the elements in order of apparent non-importance
I suspect it is local interference. I mean everyone in the neighborhood has
wifi.. then cell ... noise.. I think the true test might be go out in the
countryside but.. I won't do that. I'll do a bit more testing locally, maybe
the park and see what I can pick up.
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