Hi Frank, I knew the answer but had to ask anyway.
KC4D’s son lives to the SE of him so he is putting up a EU beverage for the 160
CW contest - he walked the land with an AM radio and it appeared quieter. But
somehow we still need to find the noise in time.
Regards , Kenny K2KW
> On Jan 12, 2020, at 12:53 AM, donovanf@starpower.net wrote:
>
>
> Hi Kenny,
>
> RFI on 160 and not on any higher frequencies isn't a typical characteristic
> of power line RFI.
>
> I woudn't recommend giving anyone a list of a dozen poles...
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
> From: "Kenny Silverman" <kenny.k2kw@gmail.com>
> To: jwin95@yahoo.com
> Cc: "RFI" <rfi@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2020 4:03:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Guidance on finding noise?
>
> The noise is mainly on 160. Slight to no noise on 80/40, and no detection at
> AM VHF.
>
> Regards , Kenny K2KW
>
> > On Jan 11, 2020, at 10:16 PM, AA5CT <jwin95@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Kenny,
> >
> > Did you whip out your VHF and UHF beams with an AM rx
> > mode receiver once close to the suspect poles? That is the
> > only way, and it is a conclusive way, that I have found to ID
> > noisy power poles once the HF DF loop gets you in the
> > area of the noise source.
> >
> > de AA5CT
> >
> > .
> > .
> > On Saturday, January 11, 2020, 9:03:04 PM CST, Kenny Silverman
> > <kenny.k2kw@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > KC4D,N3AC and N3CW went hunting with a KX3 and a DX Engineering Amplified
> > RX loop and again didn’t find anything conclusive. Basically they said the
> > loop performed about the same as one of the AM radios we have that’s fairly
> > directional.
> >
> > We’ve been looking so many times that we’re getting frustrated. There are
> > a few noisy clusters, but we can’t find a specific pole or house. Nor can
> > we assess if the noisy areas are actually the key offender(s)
> >
> > Do we call in the clusters we found ? Or do we really need to pinpoint the
> > source(s) better before we ask for crews to come out? We’re concerned
> > about crying wolf and/or giving a list of more than a dozen poles for the
> > power company to look at.
> >
> > Regards , Kenny K2KW
> >
> > P.S. the only success so far is fixing my subject line typo 🤓
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