[RFI] Toyota Prius RFI?

[qrv at kd4e.com]

5-6' behind the Prius tested quiet on HF for me.

My thought was a small trailer to carry the HF antenna.

Haven't tried it yet - Prius is my wife's - my daily driver is an '86 
Suburban 6.2 (diesel).

kd4e


> Not to answer your precise question about 144/432, but I have a 2015 Prius V which I've done a lot of HF mobile from. It's not great though not totally horrible either. I do a good bit of my HF mobile contesting while parked, in which case with the car off it's OK. I can leave the car on, i.e. with the electronics running but the gasoline engine not, which keeps the small 12V battery charged, and there are indeed various birdies, etc. As the hybrid battery runs down the engine eventually starts up and the noise level increases.
> Where it is really bad is with the engine running under a heavy load, i.e. heavy acceleration or trying to maintain 75 mph going up hills on I-80 in central Pennsylvania.
> The engine is packed tightly enough that adding ferrites, etc., is difficult to impossible. I likewise have not tried various bonding, etc., but suspect that would be difficult as well.
>
> 73  -  Jim   K8MR
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
> To: rfi at contesting.com
> Sent: Thu, Aug 12, 2021 6:10 pm
> Subject: [RFI] Toyota Prius RFI?
>
> I'm forced to consider a new (to me) car in the next few months. For
> those of you that have them, is the Toyota Prius RFI quiet in its
> standard state on 2m and 70 cm? If not, what can be done to make it quiet?
>
> Kim N5OP
>