It's all about the Software

Nobody informed me it was deaf as hell. Found a loose PL-259 on the RXR Front End Protector. Also got Airspy#1 back online after reseating the USB cable at both ends.

Attempt #2

Installed a much longer antenna after replacing it back in May due to winds. I also discovered long runs of galvanized fence wire laying on the ground in storage , so I connected one of them to the ground lug of the 9:1 unun. The unun was already...

This is attempt #2

Attempt #1

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Down to just a few servers as antennas, ethernet cables, USB cables are all unplugged for the longevity of my fleet of SDR's. Will return once free and clear of storms.

I have powerline arcing once the lines dry out, and it makes the lowbands nearly impossible to RX during the daytime. Actively chasing it down with my RDF loop antennas and have it narrowed down to my neighbors driveway where there are at least two...

High winds severed the fiber optic cable up on the pole next to the building somehow. No evidence of tree limbs, so maybe whipping in the wind led to it's demise?
The ISP is supposed to arrive on the 11th, but not holding my breath due to previous...

Super station #1, 2, and 4 are offline for now...

#1 may come back in a while, but I will fire up everything in the AM.

73 Kriss KA1GJU

This QRM appeared within the last few days on all my servers at the QTH, worst is on Super Station #2, which was my best system. :evil:
Starts at 1800kHz to about 2900kHz and again at 4050kHz to 4750kHz.
Heading out with the Youloop and AirspyHF+...

Had a bad case of Sciurus carolinensis or Tamiasciurus hudsonicus!
Grey squirrel or Red squirrel decided to chew on the insulation, and wires of the antenna about 4' from the 9:1 unun. Both ends were stripped about 2 so I wrapped the two back...

Something is wrong with Super Station #1, all signals are down by +20dB. Will have to walk out and check the antenna. We had horrendous winds for two days, and may be laying of ground or in pieces. Was too dark to investigate when I discovered it...

While fiddling with the RSP1A and it's needed AM BC filter, I noticed this mess on my screen. Was active this AM, then mid-day was off. Now this PM it's active again.
Peaks are at EVERY 6 kHz, which is a new one for me. The QRM drifts ever so...

I happened to be in the repeater shed and noticed a user on the new SDR-IP was down in the LW band. The AM BC filter was primarily for the RSP1A due to it's poor front end hearing/seeing AM signals all the way up into 40m. So... enjoy AM BC now on...

Super Station #1's antenna was getting progressively shorter and shorter with all the wind storms as of lately. I dropped it down and soldered the sections back together yesterday PM. Re shot the line up and over the Maple and Black Cherry trees in...

I was tired of the old $20 HP Windows 7 netbook disconnecting from the LAN intermittently, usually while I was away from town. Moved it over to my daughters old W10 laptop that also hosts two Icom remote bases. When either of the two Icom's are...

Just a heads up...
My servers may be offline intermittently today due to power interruptions. Horrendous winds and rain are taking trees down onto powerlines throughout the area.
Just had a 10 second outage and new IP address given. My free DYDNS...

All servers at my QTH are down, no Internet/phone service.
My PCARC site is up though, same provider, but 10 miles away.

73 Kriss KA1GJU

Widespread power outage in our area (not weather related). On the 20KW diesel genny for now, but expect another interruption when switching over to commercial power possibly.

73 Kriss KA1GJU

Any users of my system notice when this QRM started?
VERY broad banded, and effects all HF bands. Noticeable on ALL SDR's here at the QTH! :x
I have a hunch it may be a powerline insulator arcing due to the sound and width of QRM.

See the examples...

For some reason my Free Dynamic DNS still has not updated. IP changed at about 1700z, but ISP's still haven't gotten the update.
I forced an update few hours ago.
KA1GJU@W1WQM is currently working due to being on a different IP and physical location...

Did some antenna improvements on Super Station #3 since it wasn't getting much use for reasons unknown to me. It was a 51' vertical, but now it's a 150' EFW as an inverted L, with about 65' vertical and 85' horizontal. The noise floor is still ~2...

While attempting to search for the source of 17M QRM I had to build new definitions of servers. I quickly learned it was a lesson in futility and total waste of time. :x

While looking primarily at servers located on the other side of the 'pond', I...

Enjoy the SDR's whilst the neighborhood is powered down!
Currently on my 20KW Diesel Genny for time being, all servers up.

73 Kriss KA1GJU

May have power outages tonight, so my local servers may be down (Superstations1-4) while I power up the diesel generator and put everything back online. May have lots of static crashes due to lightning currently offshore as well, so 160m will be...