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Corona virus and the noise floor

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kenglish

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How has the noise floor at your location changed since all the lockdowns, home schooling and work-from-home orders began?
In my neighborhood, the noise floor has increased substantially. With more people on line, the level of RFI from ADSL has increased, even affecting reception of area radio stations.
I'm hearing interference from more and more LCD TV sets and video monitors, all across the AM MW band. More people seem to be leaving monitors on 24/7 for decoration, as well as more colored lights. Computer usage is way up, with power supply noise increasing quite a bit.
All this is on top of the usual high RFI levels in the daytime, and the ungodly high nighttime RFI levels.
 
kenglish said:
How has the noise floor at your location changed since all the lockdowns, home schooling and work-from-home orders began?
In my neighborhood, the noise floor has increased substantially. With more people on line, the level of RFI from ADSL has increased, even affecting reception of area radio stations.
I'm hearing interference from more and more LCD TV sets and video monitors, all across the AM MW band. More people seem to be leaving monitors on 24/7 for decoration, as well as more colored lights. Computer usage is way up, with power supply noise increasing quite a bit.
All this is on top of the usual high RFI levels in the daytime, and the ungodly high nighttime RFI levels.
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It seems to have changed from varying levels to just a continual cacophony of noise, and for me, it is nearly all coming from the power lines.
 
No difference in RF hash, but my internet connection goes out an average of twice a day for 5-30 minutes per outage.
 
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