[RFI] Finding noise source
Yuri
ve3dz at rac.ca
Fri Aug 15 08:48:55 EDT 2008
For a couple of years now, I am suffering from terrible noise at my place
which covers pretty much all HF bands when it's on.
You may listen to it here: http://www.rigexpert.net/noise.wav
The noise seems like a power line one, and it stays on for days, but
sometimes (very seldom though) when I listen to the bands in the morning
before going to work, the noise is not there, which makes me think that this
might not be the power line noise.
I can easily determine the direction where it's peaking from - my
neighbour's house, but this is also a direction to the street power lines.
Since I only have one tower with rotatable beam (TH6DXX), I decided to built
4 element 2 m yagi and try to determine the bearing from outside of my front
yard, using IC746 radio on 2 meters. But, either the sensitivity of the
receiver on 2 meters is not enough, or the noise itself is not strong on 2
meters, I can not tell by looking on S-meter, where the noise is coming
from - S-meter stays on "0" all the time though the noise is still audible.
The question is, what would you recommend me to use as a "noise finding"
device? I don't really have enough time to build something complicated. I
have to find out either it's power line noise, or the one coming from my
neighbour's.
Thanks in advance for the tips.
Regards,
Yuri VE3DZ
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