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Re: [RFI] Quidance on finding noise?

To: Don Kirk <wd8dsb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] Quidance on finding noise?
From: AA5CT via RFI <rfi@contesting.com>
Reply-to: jwin95@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:35:59 +0000 (UTC)
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 Don,

Toss this into the mix: 

Three phases times 2 ppc (pulses or strikes per cycle) gives those 
six 'peaks' seen in the 16.66 ms cycle duration between the cursors 
in that screen capture. 

Take a look and see if I missed or misinterpreted something.

de AA5CT

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     On Friday, January 10, 2020, 7:18:32 AM CST, Don Kirk <wd8dsb@gmail.com> 
wrote:  
 
 Hi Ken,
Thanks for the additional 17 second recording with no human voice on top of the 
noise, and this is what I really needed.  I looked at the audio using my 100 
MHz digital oscilloscope, I looked at the audio using "Audacity" software, and 
I looked at that audio using "Soundcard Scope" software, and all 3 methods 
yielded the same results.  I have attached the screen shot from "Soundcard 
Scope" as it's a good representation of what I see.  There is indeed a 
repeating pattern that happens at a frequency of 60 Hertz.
If you do FFT analysis on the signal you will also see strong component at 120 
Hertz and other related harmonics in addition to the strong 60 Hertz component, 
but I'm not convinced that means anything as you can also imagine you are 
seeing bursts at a frequency of 360 Hertz too (looking at what I would call 
major peaks for each small grouping I see a frequency of 360 Hz), and 360 Hz is 
also one of the dominant frequencies in the FFT plot (spectrum plot) generated 
with the Audacity software.
Would love to hear comments from others regarding their opinion of what they 
see in my attached plot.  As I previously stated, it's interesting to look at 
the audio signature but what counts is locating the offending device using DF 
gear versus guessing what it might be.  It will always be a guess (sometimes an 
educated guess) until you find the device.

Keep us posted on what you find, and let me know if there is anything else you 
might need.

73,Don (wd8dsb)

Bottom line is that I am seeing repeating pattern at a frequency of 60 Hertz.

  
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