Getting this terrible drifting narrow(ish) band noise on 2m tonight. Before I break out the DF gear, has anyone seen anything like this (*) before and found out what's causing it?

* https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jGbVeKaLNcY

I'm thinking someone's got a dicky phone charger

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In message <d45622d4-6c89-48ba-8222-48fa0d83af98n@googlegroups.com>,
Gareth Paley <gareth.paley@gmail.com> writes

Getting this terrible drifting narrow(ish) band noise on 2m tonight.
Before I break out the DF gear, has anyone seen anything like this (*)
before and found out what's causing it?

* https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jGbVeKaLNcY

I'm thinking someone's got a dicky phone charger

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73 de M0WWS
www.qrz.com/db/M0WWS

I get that sort of thing on 4m , Generally at night, so I assume it's a
dodgy LED fitting. It drifts up and down the band and sounds fuzzy.
Solar inverters will only give bother during the day. Time of day
therefore might give you a clue. The noisy Xmas tree lights seem to
have gone now. I have found df-ing this sort of stuff difficult,
particularly intermittent stuff.

Good luck

Brian
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On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 11:53:15 AM UTC, Brian Howie wrote:

In message <d45622d4-6c89-48ba...@googlegroups.com>,
Gareth Paley <gareth...@gmail.com> writes

Getting this terrible drifting narrow(ish) band noise on 2m tonight.
Before I break out the DF gear, has anyone seen anything like this (*) >before and found out what's causing it?

* https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jGbVeKaLNcY

I'm thinking someone's got a dicky phone charger

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73 de M0WWS
www.qrz.com/db/M0WWS

I get that sort of thing on 4m , Generally at night, so I assume it's a
dodgy LED fitting. It drifts up and down the band and sounds fuzzy.
Solar inverters will only give bother during the day. Time of day
therefore might give you a clue. The noisy Xmas tree lights seem to
have gone now. I have found df-ing this sort of stuff difficult,
particularly intermittent stuff.

Good luck

Brian
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Brian Howie

Thanks Brian, it either gave up the ghost completely or warmed up some more and drifted up a few MHz because I was noise free for the rest of the evening:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld7frFcTwpg

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www.qrz.com/db/M0WWS

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