[RFI] Honda Generator RFI?

Fred Stevens K2FRD k2frd at mac.com
Sun Sep 17 19:59:26 EDT 2006


Alternatively, apparently there are enough Honda inverter-generators which do create enough RFI to require articles on RFI suppression to be written:
http://www.dellroy.com/W4EF's-Ham-Radio-Page/Portable_Operation/EU2000i_Filter.htm and, of course the Honda RFI thread found on a Google search last year on inverter-generators which led me to this group:
http://lists.contesting.com/_rfi/2005-03/msg00065.html .

At 4:43 PM -0400 17/9/06, Alan NV8A wrote:
>I relayed your question to our many-times-over Field Day supremo, who
>replied:
>
>"The bands we used were 80 meters, 40 meters, 20 meters, 6 meters, and I
>believe Dave made some contacts on 15 and 10, so we covered a big slice
>of the spectrum.
>
>On what bands did your complainant have difficulty? All the Hondas I
>have heard were certainly not very noisy at RF. Could that person need
>new spark plugs? And does he have the generator frame grounded?"

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