Ham Radio Operators, Radio Experts, Electrical Experts - Help Me Name This Tune (This RFI Noise Interference)

I just did a new video post on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/alanspicertelecom

So maybe some of you experts out there can help me “name that tune” or name that Radio Frequency Interference. Perhaps it will sound familiar and you will know what creates is, or have some idea. Ideas are welcome. Florida Power and Light has been asked to check it out for me. Obviously I would like to keep this with an attitude and tone of “I’ll work with FP&L” towards discovering the cause and resolution of this apparently quite broadband (broad band as in a lot of frequencies, not as in Broadband Internet) in nature as it blankets quite a bit of radio spectrum both Amateur, Public Broadcast, and perhaps OTHER frequencies as well. If it is powerline / equipment related it may be indicative of a coming failure in some part or equipment. Obviously it would be prudent to find it before it fails causing other troubles (Power Outages, Low Voltages, etc.) I’m obviously not the Electrical Expert in this situation. Just a licensed Amateur Radio Operator who happened across this issue. I’m interested in both find the cause and solving it, and in learning from the experience. Perhaps this can help me in my work, and also can help others. Ham Radio is for this purpose as one of it’s primary reasons for existing as a Service. Noone has done anything wrong here, obviously - probably just some equipment or hardware has a problem. (”Let’s work the problem people, let’s not make things worse by guessing” — Gene Kranz in Apollo 13 [the movie], no idea if he actually ever said that.)

Note: The ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio, has an interesting page on these types of issues:

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/pwr-line-noise/

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Alan Spicer - KA4UDX
Alan Spicer Telecom / Marine Telecom
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