[RFI] can a tower re-radiate RFI?

[Roger (K8RI)]

I take it, that this is a broad band noise. Does it cover 160 and all 
the way to 80, or just the two bands?  Does it cover the entire band(s) 
with the same strength? How about the broadcast band?  Strong station 
nearby?  Any noise lower than 160?

An arc, even a low voltage on on a wire, piece of wire (guy for instance 
or an antenna), particularly if its anywhere near resonance.
Power pole grounds?

How about a voltage differential in the ground, causing a poor 
connection to the tower to radiate.  Poor solder joint with DC or AC to 
a remote antenna switch.  In this case it sounds like it may not be an 
obvious source.

We have occasional Fox hunts. Could you put together a team to hunt for 
the source? (With someone coordinating)?

We've hit the bottom of my well<:-)

73 and good Luck!

Roger (K8RI)
On 1/21/2016 Thursday 6:17 PM, WW3S wrote:
> And can it be prevented? Trying to track down a loud “buzz” on 160/80.......I used to be able to kill it by turning off the breaker to my outdoor pole light with a photo-eye on it......now, that doesnt even phase it.....found several sources in the house last night (cfl bulbs, a bad flourescent tube, external hard drive power supply) but none even touched the noise I was hearing.....so today, had a little time when I got home from work before dark to walk around the yard with a portable SW radio.....thought maybe it was pad moount power transformer in the neighbors yard, nope...tried the power ped in the corner of my yard, nope...maybe my relatively new “smart” power meter, nope.......then as I walked past the tower, I picked up the buzz in the portable......really bad the closer I got to the tower......thought maybe it was one of the cables, nope.....it seems to be coming from the tower, 50ft Rohn 25....is that possible? Is the tower picking up RFI from a remote source and re-radiating it? It certainly couldnt be generating RFI could it?
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