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Re: [RFI] 20 Meter Interference

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Subject: Re: [RFI] 20 Meter Interference
From: Dave Cole <dave@nk7z.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:05:18 -0800
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This URL may help:

https://www.nk7z.net/category/info/rfi-mitigation/

It has a lot of information on location and IDing RFI.

73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources

On 2/23/21 6:25 PM, K9MA wrote:
The spectra images didn't come through, so here are the links:

http://sdellington.us/hr/RFI/20m_K9MA.jpg <http://sdellington.us/hr/RFI/20m_K9MA.jpg>

http://sdellington.us/hr/RFI/20m1_K9MA.jpg <http://sdellington.us/hr/RFI/20m1_K9MA.jpg>

73,
Scott K9MA



On 2/23/2021 7:46 PM, K9MA wrote:
I've recently started seeing this signal on 20 meters, probably local, as it is present late at night when the band is dead. It is a swept signal, typically starting at about 13.625, sweeping upward to a sharp cutoff at about 14.125. The total sweep seems to be about 500 kHz. The sweep slows down near the upper limit and seems to dwell there. Sweep repeats about once per second. It seems to be amplitude modulated during the sweep, so it shows up as a series of pulses on the waterfall display. While the frequency range seems fairly stable, it does move around a bit. I can't tell whether the frequency change is systematic or random.

In the attached images, the blue trace is the peak signal, accumulated over many sweeps. The yellow one is the actual signal, without averaging, which I caught near the upper end of the sweep. The waterfall shows the pulsed modulation. Resolution bandwidth is about 440 Hz.

Any idea what this might be?

73,

Scott K9MA


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