Awesome team at small utility coop here is sending two men & a bucket truck tomorrow AM to chase RFI with me. I'm pretty sure I've narrowed it to two specific poles ... hopefully I'm correct as my me
Stick with them, bring your radio, watch, talk with them and walk the lines along with them. I find it very informative and I learned a lot about power lines and the work they do when I've had the po
They are riding the lines again - a more senior lineman is hoping to spot something not apparent to the newer guy who looked at them a couple of weeks ago. The pulled the arrestors, inspected the ins
Are you receiving it at 400Mhz also? Then you know you're close to the source on power lines and can start looking for hardware. 73, de ed -K0iL They are riding the lines again - a more senior linema
They just returned - found & fixed one loose ground on a pole down the road but that made no change - almost seemed a little louder. They have an ultrasonic device (he thinks from GB) but the battery
I have forwarded everyone's comments to them - they really want to learn - in fact he had been on the ARRL site reading-up! Thanks for the good ideas. I just discovered that my cheap Chinese HT (Baof
David, you must use a receiver in AM mode. FM will not detect noise which is mostly amplitude modulated. If you have a 10 meter HF yagi see if you can get a rough heading on the noise using that ante
THF6a Does AM from a few MHz to light... I have a review of it at: http://nk7z.net/review-of-kenwoods-th-f6-handheld-radio/ -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www
Yes re. AM, got that piece, now looking for an affordable used handheld that gets me that on VHF & preferably also UHF. BTW: It is bizarre that the HF noise is directionally-obvious. As I walk toward
On 6/3/2014 10:54 AM, qrv@kd4e.com wrote: BTW: It is bizarre that the HF noise is directionally-obvious. As I walk toward two poles it gets louder - when I back away it gets weaker - when I do the sa
Any transmission line that is conducting RF noise will do this on HF. Transmission lines conduct the noise on the power line away from the noise source--for miles in many cases. And it can induce the
Yes, it's a great RFI chasing tool, and a VERY nice VHF/UHF talkie. I've had mine for nearly 10 years. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.co
I tracked down a noisy insulator that way thirty years ago. DF'on on 2m, then 440. It was at the local airport -- and the noise stopped not long after I left a message with the tower. Cortland 73, de
Going out on a limb here... Did they LISTEN for RFI? Kurt _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rfi
I'd say you have a particularly dead HF receiver. My mobile rig, which had a compromise antenna gave me an ambiguous range of miles without adding up to130+ dB attenuation. Kurt ____________________
That would be any of them that cover that range and mode in the past couple decades or so. A better question would be, what very few rigs are so severely limited to NOT cover this? I've used a Yaesu
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
Good luck, Jim. Sounds like you've done everything right. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo
VX-3R sounds perfect! Nice and small with the right features. I'll chase one down ... Thanks - David KD4E I've been using a Yaesu VX3-R with good results. For the past few days I've been out on my bi
Until you try to use it -- my friends who have Yaesu talkies say a not very friendly user interface. The TH-F6A costs more, but it's user interface is quite intuitive. 73, Jim K9YC . ________________