[RFI] Urban noise

[Dave Cole]

Thanks sir!!!  I am building something smiler to your setup, and the
info helps!
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73's, and thanks,
Dave

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On Fri, 2016-02-12 at 08:56 -0700, Tom Thompson wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> We were using a 3 ft. whip with a high impedance preamp into a
> Perseus 
> receiver.  The antenna system was mounted on the car using a mag
> mount.  
> I use a similar setup with an SDRPlay receiver.  Since the antenna 
> system is broadband, you don't have to worry about a frequency
> sensitive 
> antenna factor affecting your readings.  One concern is that the 
> receiver/preamp does not being overloaded with strong broadcast 
> stations.  We built our preamps with attenuation in the AM and FM 
> broadcast spectrum.
> 
> Tom   W0IVJ
> 
> On 2/12/2016 5:00 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> > I assume you were using SDR, could you expand a bit on your setup
> > please...  I will be putting together a SDR radio for RFI location
> > later this year, and any tips would be appreciated.  I am looking
> > to
> > use a RPI, and one of those little dongles, and a downconverter.
>