[RFI] RFI from a neighbor

[Gary Smith]

Huge thanks to Tony K2MO who sent me the following link 
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/rfi-noise/ 

I found the culprit at the bottom of the Miscellaneous Equipment 
page: http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/rfi-noise/misc.html It's an 
electric Dog Fence! The noise sample of it provided there shows just 
how strong it is.

Now how to tell someone I don't know that their way overpriced Dog 
Fence is tearing up the airwaves...

Gary
KA1J

> There's a neighbor that has something active which generates RFI in
> the car radio whenever I drive past their house. It's enough to be
> louder than 880 AM out of New York City which is a really strong
> station at the end of Long Island Sound. On my car radio it ranges 100
> feet either side of their house (Not sure which house it is as there
> are several on both sides of the street that it could be).
> 
> I've noticed the exact same sound when driving by a particular house
> in a heavily wooded area so it would only be coming from that house.
> 
> This sound is pulsed about 4 times a second & digital in character.
> 
> My complaint is it's easily heard at the low end of 160 meters and
> bothers my reception from 500-600 feet away.
> 
> Is there a series of RFI sounds on a web page that I seem to recall
> being made available so as to ID common sources of rfi? I don't know
> any of the people in the houses this RFI is coming from but if it's
> something I can pinpoint I at least have a place to start.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gary 
> KA1J
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