[RFI] Help with noise

[Pete Smith]

You don't even meed anything calibrated -- just knock down the level so 
that you're not pumping the radio's AGC.  I use a simple voltage divider 
with one leg variable on mine, inside a metal box.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 03:29 PM 11/21/2004, Jim wrote:

>Wow .. how close are those to your station?
>
>Do you have any attenuators you can place in
>line with your HT in AM mode (so as to 'get out'
>of any possible saturation in the AGC loop) and
>try DFing again?
>
>If the HT is AGCing on that noise, and you're
>trying to DF it, a change of 10 dB in signal
>strength might only be barely detectable in
>the 'sound' coming out of the speaker *if*
>the noise is strong enough to engage the
>AGC to the tune of 20 or 30 dB.
>
>Jim de WB5WPA
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "K6IA-Howard Stephenson" <kg6wp at yahoo.com>
>To: <rfi at contesting.com>
>Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 2:10 PM
>Subject: [RFI] Help with noise
>
>
> > Can someone please help me with identifying this
> > noise. It's so strong that I have a hard time time
> > trying RDF it with my HT and a arrow beam on 132 MHz
> > AM. All I can get is it's radiating from the PG&E
> > power lines. I'm thinking it's powerline noise but
> > PG&E has been draging their feet for over 2 years now,
> > when it comes to finding and or fixing the problem.
> >
> > 28 MHz SSB to AM back to SSB
> > http://tinyurl.com/58pjd
> >
> > 132 MHz AM HT with beam
> > http://tinyurl.com/44ctl
> >
> > 73
> > Howard Stephenson K6IA
> > Watsonville,CA
> >
> >
> >
> >
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