[RFI] MFJ 5008 ultrasonic receiver

[Hisashi T Fujinaka]

I haven't actually confirmed this completely, but I think my MFJ
detector picks up a lot of RF that is above ultrasonic. Pointing it at a
fluourescent fixture picks up a lot of buzz.

I bought it as an experiment, figuring I have plenty of $200 toys that
are less than useful. I wish you were closer (I'm in Portland, OR)
because I'd just let you try mine out.

On Thu, 19 May 2016, HankP wrote:

>
> Bob -- I built the ULAD that was in QST some years ago and bought a parabolic reflector from Edmunds --I can hear birds - crickets my steps walking down the alley - two finger rubbed together at 200 feet - the wind blowing if any wind - in all the time I have had it I have been able to identify 1 piece of hardware on a pole . BTW I fiddled with a couple other 40KHZ rx approaches - but essentially same results.
>
> The APS RFI guys have the RADAR ENGINEERING ultrasonic receivers and they are very marginally better than my homebrew.
>
> They have a receiver now that is very effective - They can record the waveform of the noise you hear - (they prefer to record from your antenna ) then go in search of that matching waveform. If I was going to spend any serious dollars on finding powerline arcing - I would do someting that duplicates that ability .
>
> I have tuned loops - and an ICOM R10 rx which is pretty effective but nowhere near as good as the APS receiver . Have you looked at W0IVJ's VDSL recording with a SDR -- that plus some way to record the waveform would be great .
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> 73 Hank K7HP
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> June QST has a review of the MFJ 5008 ultrasonic receiver. I am
> thinking about getting one for locating sources of power line noise.
> What do you think of this unit ?
>
> Bob
> K6UJ
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