Hi - would you be able to share the gist of the note, please? As someone
who's just learning, I find it helpful to see all the tools that work, not
just the fancy ones that make sparks! :)
On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 8:42 AM Don Kirk <wd8dsb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Two weekends ago I tracked down some RFI that was very strong at the QTH of
> Justin (KD9PLD), and thought I would share a link to my unlisted youtube
> video that documents the case for those interested. Normally I keep my
> videos to about 2 or 3 minutes in length and apologize that this video is
> over 7 minutes in length but this was somewhat of an unusual case and it
> was raining which did not help. Justin reported that this RFI started up
> every morning and ran continuously until evening (example: 9 am until 9
> pm). I actually was able to catch it when it started up. Jump to the 6:50
> point in the video if you just want to see what the signal looked like on
> both 40 and 30 meters while sitting in Justin's driveway. The home I
> identified as the suspect home was located 700 feet North of Justin's home.
>
> Youtube Video Link: https://youtu.be/aOBD4xYtUWE
>
> What's interesting about this case is that Justin left the suspect
> homeowner a very nice note last week which included a link to my youtube
> video, and the RFI stopped the very next day and has not appeared since.
> The homeowner never contacted Justin even though Justin asked him to please
> call. We certainly would like to know what device was causing the RFI (we
> have our suspicions, but I never like to guess) but more importantly we
> would like to know that the RFI will not reappear, but for the moment we
> are happy that it's not present. Justin does not know the homeowner but
> maybe someday they will meet when both are outdoors so they can talk about
> the situation in more detail, etc.
>
> Just FYI,
> Don (wd8dsb)
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