[RFI] Utility coming tomorrow to chase RFI

[qrv at kd4e.com]

VX-3R sounds perfect!

Nice and small with the right features.

I'll chase one down ...

Thanks - David KD4E

> I've been using a Yaesu VX3-R with good results.
> For the past few days I've been out on my bike with it finding bad
> poles. I hang the radio from my neck with a neck strap, and listen with
> a cheap lightweight set of over the ear headphones. With the rubber duck
> antenna I switch between 2M and 432 (AM). On two meters I can hear an
> average noise several poles away; on 432 the range is pretty much one pole.
> I also carry along a 5L 432 WA5VJB Cheap Yagi built with a PVC boom,
> about 24" long. I strap this to the pack on the back of the bike, so
> when I find a noise I can stop and switch to the yagi to confirm a bad
> pole by pointing the yagi. On lightly traveled roads I may also leave
> the yagi hooked up, and either rest it across the handlebars or hold it
> pointing down the road as I ride.
> The VX3-R also has the HF bands (and 6M) with AM, so I can confirm the
> presence of noise at HF. With either antenna the radio is pretty deaf on
> HF, but today I found (I think) a pole about two miles from my house
> that had been clobbering 20M (and other HF bands). (Possibly a bad
> capacitor bank on the pole). The presence of serious HF noise gives me
> confidence that this is the source I've been looking for.
> Tomorrow the CEI line noise guy is due out. I hope he confirms what I
> found and arranges a prompt fix.
> 73  -  Jim  K8MR



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David Colburn, KD4E - Nevils, Georgia USA

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