new qrn source

[Tim Bucknall]

new ignition type interference appeared on VHF/UHF this weekend

the SDR in particular really cannot handle it, so if the qrn doesn't go, I will be limited to very strong e skip at home on the Icom 9500 and will have to go mobile for everything else

the 9500's noise blanker will switch on in fm mode but has no effect


should have new mobile set up by the end of the week but that's for another thread,

[Andrew Webster,Wigan]

Oh that's not good Tim hope it goes as we all face this problem at some time.

Andy

[Tim Bucknall]

thank heavens its gone, very odd it was just for one weekend

[John Faulkner, Skegness]

It's the same here Tim. Had some fairly strong noise wipe out the FM band here this morning. I could only hear Belmont and Tacolneston easily. Peterborough had some noise. It's beginning to weaken now.

Different days bring different levels of interference and from different sources. I am relieved that none have been long-lasting so far.

Medium wave is worse, but a choke is keeping things quiet for now.

Have you ever driven around a town and heard how much MW and band 2 interference there is these days? My home location happens to be in one of the electrically quietest parts of town - and it ain't always that quiet.

[satnipper]

JF - yes I have and it's scary.

Any minute our personal hobby could be wiped out by a cheap Chinese piece of crap power supply or BT's VDSL.

Stuart

Looks like profanity filter is back! C-r-a-p

[Julian Hardstone]

Speaking of things being suddenly wiped out, I notice there is a lot of lightning strikes in the English Midlands this afternoon, and I went searching for real-time sferics maps.
http://www.lightningmaps.org/ is new on me: The delay time is less than 1.5 sec.

I have selected to have sound enabled so it clicks with each strike, and you can select to show the thunder sound-front displayed: zoomed to close-in you see how the thunder is heard in the surrounding area

You only get clicks for the displayed area, so you can zoom to your locality and leave it running, then if you hear clicks you know it must be getting close

[Julian Hardstone]

If that link gives the language as German and you want English, use http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime?lang=en