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Re: [RFI] Poor man's portable spectrum analyzer

To: <wa2lbi@gmail.com>, "'N2TK, Tony'" <tony.kaz@verizon.net>, <rfi@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] Poor man's portable spectrum analyzer
From: "David Robbins" <k1ttt@verizon.net>
Reply-to: k1ttt@arrl.net
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:43:54 -0000
List-post: <mailto:rfi@contesting.com>
I use a grundig g5 sw/fm receiver.  Has nice directional pattern on the low 
bands, can follow a null right to a source with it.

David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://wiki.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://k1ttt.net:7373



-----Original Message-----
From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of wa2lbi@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 14:33
To: N2TK, Tony; rfi@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] Poor man's portable spectrum analyzer

Dusk to dawn may be a defective street lamp.  It fails to start and repeatedly 
retries from dusk to go dawn.  Usually, however, the raucous noise covers many 
bands, not just a few frequencies.
Ken WA2LBI LG G6 

------ Original message------From: N2TK, TonyDate: Fri, Jul 13, 2018 10:20To: 
rfi@contesting.com;Cc: Subject:[RFI] Poor man's portable spectrum analyzer 
Looking for something portable that would show the spectrum 160-2M with some 
kind of small loop directional antenna. The purpose is to walk the neighborhood 
looking for noise sources. I had used my car AM radio to track down a bad 
wideband noise source that turned out to be a leaking transformer about a mile 
away. It was quickly replaced.

I have a dusk to dawn noise source that is on 1817, 1825, and 1828 only. I have 
been using my Tecsun PL-880. So far I got the general direction and have to go 
farther out at night to try to find it.

Because of these type of noise sources  I was wondering if there is something 
available other than the $1K high end portable spectrum analyzers that I could 
use to walk the neighborhood looking for noise sources that affect the Ham 
bands?
Tnx for any feedback
N2TK, Tony

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