Topband: [RFI] Powerline noise question

Jan Erik Holm sm2ekm at telia.com
Fri Dec 30 02:05:31 EST 2022


Can a description of that antenna be had ?
Google was not my friend and I don´t have QST.

/ Jim SM2EKM

Den 2022-12-30 kl. 04:53, skrev Frank W3LPL:
> Hi Rick,
> 
> I recently built a WB8DSB man portable flag antenna (March 2021 QST)
> for RFI geolocation, its performance far exceeds my expectations.
> Its narrow deep null quickly, easily and definitively located the
> source of very troublesome 160 meter RFI to a single power pole
> more than three miles from my QTH.  Prior to constructing the
> flag antenna I could locate the RFI to only within a few hundred
> yards of the RFI source.
> 
> I built my flag antenna entirely out of materials I had on hand
> from previous projects including 3/8 inch diameter fiberglass rods,
> a pair of Advanced Receiver Research P1-30/20VD 20 dB HF preamps,
> a case of eight AA batteries to provide power to the preamps,
> a switchable attenuator and a Tecsun PL330 portable HF receiver.
> 
> I highly recommend this easily constructed RFI geolocation antenna
> for the toolkit of any serious HF operator.
> 
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
> 


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