[RFI] 85 pulse per sec. RFI once again.

Colman Ahern Smokey at ziplink.net
Fri Dec 21 16:11:09 EST 2007


My pet source of RFI has vanished for now, no doubt it will show up 
again. I found the below sound file on the RFI noise website, it 
sounds very similar to what I hear except for the repeat rate, the 
file noise is 60 pulses per sec., mine is 85 pulses per sec.

I live in Berkeley, very close to SF bay, is it possible that what I 
hear is a form of CODAR radar?  My source of RFI can be heard on many 
frequencies between approx. 1mHz-30mHz.  When present there is no 
change or fading in the signal level of RFI, however its level does 
vary depending on which frequency I am listening on.  A Google search 
did give some information on CODAR, "commonly used for mapping the 
ocean's surface and currents." (quoted from the RFI website).

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/rfi-noise/noise/noise-files/wb0ocv-codar.mp3

Thank you.

Colman Ahern.
Berkeley, Calif.





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