[BC] AM skywave

[Rob Atkinson]

That's amazing; I had no idea.  What I have heard however sounded constant 
like electronics  produced noise.
thanks,

rob atkinson

From: "Paul Smith W4KNX" <paul at amtower.com>
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To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: RE: [BC] AM skywave
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 14:58:55 -0400

And it discharges when you run over a sewer grate or railroad track cause
you can hear it in an AM radio

Paul Smith
W4KNX
Sarasota, FL

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Subject: RE: [BC] AM skywave



A lot of LF RFI is generated by tires and debris in tires.  Heavy truck
running gear and brakes creates electrical noise as well.


At 12:52 PM 5/18/2005, you wrote:
 >i think a lot of them have PCs, TVs, refrigerators and other appliances
 >runnning off of DC to AC inverters; also most have the newer automated
 >weight/road tax assessment gear.  some of that stuff probably generates
 >hash.  what is irritating about the way these things are designed and
 >built is that there seems to be an assumption by the manufacturers that no
 >one is doing anything with RF below 30 MHz.
 >
 >Rob Atkinson

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