[hpsdr] Mercury sees first RF here

[Ronald Cox]

Phil,
I am running a E4500 Core 2 Duo @ 2.2 GHz and the PowerSDR says that I  
am at 25%. I went out RFI hunting with my trusty MFJ Line Noise Meter  
and found the source about 100 ft from my house.  See attached:

Michael,

You told me once that if there ever was a breakdown of the insulator  
on the very high voltage feed lines, it would likely result in a  
serious problem for IPL. I looks like we have such a problem on IPL  
pole # 93251BA. This pole is right behind my house on 82nd street and  
is radiating loud pops that are heard on the radio from the lowest  
frequencies through 60 MHz. Under the pole my VHF MFJ Line Noise Meter  
is at full scale. At about 10 feet away from the pole, the meter  
indicates vertical polarization with high value readings. See photos  
below to help locate the pole.

Ron W9KFB

On Dec 22, 2008, at 6:56 PM, Phil Harman wrote:

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> Hi Ron,
>
> Good to hear your Mercury board is working. The noise you hear  
> sounds more like you are dropping data over the USB link.  What PC  
> are you using?
>
> You may want to try increasing the Process Priority of PowerSDR. Under
>
> Setup>General>Options
>
> try setting Process Priority to Above Normal or Real Time (I've  
> never been able to get High to work).
>
> We will also shortly have a code update that will allow you to  
> sample at 48kHz and 96kHz - that will reduced the PC load.
>
> 73's Phil...VK6APH
>
>
>
> Quoting Ronald Cox <w9kfb1 at mac.com>:
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>> The Mercury board worked right out of the box here. The only thing  
>> I  noticed so far that I am concerned about is that it seems to be  
>> much  more sensitive to impulse noise than any thing I have ever   
>> experienced. I live near a high voltage line and I think that is  
>> the  source. My TS-2000 is not hearing them and my MFJ noise meter  
>> is not  hearing them in the shack, but even with a dummy load on,   
>> the Mercury  is hearing a couple of pops a second in a random  
>> sequence. Turning on  both noise blankers helps a lot, but still  
>> hearing muffled pops. That  is something I will take up with the  
>> power company.
>> Ron W9KFB
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