[RFI] Noise...

[David Cole]

Hi,

A good part of teh RFI problem we have here in Oregon is due to items
being brought in directly from China via channels like eBay.  I am not
sure how that would get dealt with.
-- 
Thanks and 73's,
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On Fri, 2014-03-14 at 02:55 -0500, Dale J. wrote:
> You guys must all live in the boonies.  If I had such a thingie on my car driving around residential areas the cops would pull me over for something. It would even be worse at night.  They'd have the swat team surround my noise locator car.   
> 
> The noise hunt has become a hobby in itself.  
> 
> I just wish and hope someday the FCC will have the money and manpower to properly screen devices BEFORE they are allowed to be placed on shelves for consumers to consume.  As it is now we/I have to make a complaint about my neighbors TV or dimmer so that <maybe> the government radio gendarmes can come out and tell them their TV is illegal and interfering with Mr. K9VUJ's ham hobby.  That will go over like a lead balloon.  
> 
> Dale, k9vuj
> 
> 
> On 13, Mar 2014, at 21:32, KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > For power line noise detection, I use a Yaesu FT-7900 tuned to 324 MHz with
> > a magnetic loop antenna.  Mounted on the car, the lobe is upward and off the
> > passenger side in a narrow swath due to other antennas causing it to act as
> > a 3-element Yagi.  I can drive down the highway at 85 MPH and positively
> > identify arcing poles or associated hardware with 100% certainty, yes, yes,
> > no, no, no, yes, yes, yes, et cetera, even 600-900' from the pole, more than
> > the space between them.
> > 
> > Speaking of which, anyone playing with my idea of a half-Yagi on the trunk
> > lid of a sedan made of a row of NMO mounted whips?
> > 
> > This would be comparable to my current installation, but more purpose 
> > designed.
> > 
> > Kurt
> > 
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