Nasty static showing up all over town...anyone else?

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Local Noise yeah.... The locals distinguished radio guys were complaining about bacon sizzling type noise all over the bands and all over the place location wise.

I built a crude magnetic loop and antenna and drove all over the place figuring it was power line noise or something inducing noise into the power lines. I found that when I was underneath the High Voltage Lines I could hear the noise louder. These High Voltage Lines are the highest power lines on the poles and on steel towers.

I could not pin point or DF ( Direction Find ) the noise, as it was every were/direction. I am sure many who drove by while I was trying to DF the noise thought I was a looney, use to that.

So maybe it was solar noise of some sort. It only lasted a few weeks ragging havoc on all the HF Bands. Many dropped their antenna and looked them over, some even changed their coax. I drove all over even out into the Mojave Desert and still could hear it. Maybe a high voltage problem some were or solar noise, I just don't know.

Jay in the Great Mojave Desert

Interesting Jay, thanks for the input.
I know when it rains, the noise is gone so its not back scatter

 

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I guess the sun is doing lots of stuff. Maybe the skip is carrying all noise from the wrecked power grid down in LA all over.
I had that real nasty noise up here in Connecticut this morning also but now its quite. It wasn't a local thing I was up on the highway for about an hour and I had it the whole way.

Is it wrong to fantasize about her riding me and giving a great signal report and dx picking up at the same time??