Anybody have VDSL service to their home? I did a quick lookup and it uses copper to the home at frequency band 25 Khz to 25 Mhz. My next door just signed up for it. I wonder if that will be my next c
It will likely be his VDSL provider's next challenge. If there are problems, make it clear from the beginning that they are HIS problems, not yours. 73, Jim K9YC _____________________________________
Author: "Kenneth G. Gordon via RFI" <rfi@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:27:46 -0700
Groan!!!!! :-( Not yet another cursed source of interference! One of my Elmer's, Woody Davey W7CJB, complained back in the 1960s that the overall noise level had risen to nearly unacceptable levels d
Author: "Kenneth G. Gordon via RFI" <rfi@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:28:42 -0700
AND let him know that we will back you up, as much as we can. Ken W7EKB _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinf
Author: David Robbins via RFI <rfi@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 18:31:14 +0000
I tried to reply, then reply-all, and the only address that comes up is the original sender... did someone change the settings on the mail list?? In any case I think this only went to jim brown... My
Nothing has changed as far as I know, regarding the list. That's good news on ADSL. Century link came by this afternoon and tried to sell me the service. They said Steve, the next door neighbor, pick
Best case of "passing the buck" I've seen or read a bout in a long time. Gary...wa6fgi Glad to hear you prevailed without needing to fight it yourself. I stand corrected on that point. However, it is
Regarding the RFI we all encounter.: If nothing is done, nothing will happen. Document document and document. Make sure your station is in the clear (that is, up to FCC ham radio specs) when the sniv
Yep, heard in Portland on 4386 kHz about S3 less than 4 kHz wide! Bob W7KD _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/list
I've been using a Yaesu VX3-R with good results. For the past few days I've been out on my bike with it finding bad poles. I hang the radio from my neck with a neck strap, and listen with a cheap lig
I use the VX3-R with AM through 903. Not sure I've ever heard any signals on 903, but it works well on 2m and 432, with AM. I suspect the specs listed here are only for modes normally used for commun
Go to the lower band edge and listen. The interlopers often pop up there. Gary...wa6fgi _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com
If there is rf on the outside of the feed line then the feedline is a part of the antenna SYSTEM and a part of the impedance presented to the radio. If there is rf on the feedline then adding a ferri
Years ago I purchased and installed some four tube 4' fixtures from Home Depot. This was still in the analog TV days and CH4 TV was actually wiped out when the lights were on. I examined the innard
Did the same thing many years ago while riving through the Berkley hills on channel 11 with +p power. Garage doors were going up and down like laundry in the wind. Got a like effect with old SCA audi
While this article is concerned with intermod showing up in the TV broadcast spectrum, I suspect it could have further ranging impacts. http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/accidental-discovery-throug
Are there any other DF'd reports, or reports from around sunrise/sunset to better figure out where it is coming from? Nothing heard here in Ohio at noon local :-) 73 - Jim K8MR In a message dated 12/
Author: "Donald W. Kane via RFI" <rfi@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:11:33 -0500
Hubbell has a 3ph tester: http://www.hubbell-wiring.com/press/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?ID=1146 Just came across it today...can't give any hands on reports Don WB2BEZ In a message dated 1/15/2015 6:32:
Author: "Donald W. Kane via RFI" <rfi@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:23:03 -0500
NEC requires minimum 6 ft. between ground electrodes..for better performance minimum 2X electrode length (e.g. 16 ft for 8 ft rods). 73 Don WB2BEZ In a message dated 1/15/2015 4:46:00 P.M. Eastern St