Topband: Noise investigation by FCC?

Richard Karlquist richard at karlquist.com
Wed Dec 7 16:35:08 EST 2022


I have called in the power company before regarding RFI that was
obviously their fault. 

I am not sure they would do anything about customer caused RFI, once
they 

eliminated it as being their fault.  They would have to deal with the
customer 

who was at fault.  Doesn't seem likely.  But I could be wrong.

---
Rick Karlquist
N6RK 

On 2022-12-07 13:26, Mike Waters wrote:

> Have you called the power company? The chief engineer from Ozark Electric here has gladly used their expensive noise tracking SDR and VHF antenna (and my Beverages) to find it and fix it.  
> 
> 73 Mike 
> W0BTU
> 
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2022, 2:48 PM Richard (Rick) Karlquist <richard at karlquist.com> wrote: 
> 
>> Can anyone inform me at to whether there is any kind
>> of analogous help about noise on this side of the
>> pond from the FCC?  I have a severe noise source
>> audible for miles on my AM car radio.  It doesn't
>> sound like the familiar power line noise, but
>> rather appears to be CFE (Customer furnished equipment)
>> as opposed to anything related to the utility.  The
>> utility only furnishes the "antenna" AKA the power
>> lines.  (It follows a particular line for miles).
>> That line is few miles from me to the southwest,
>> as indicated by the null in the noise from my loop
>> antenna.


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