[TowerTalk] Feed Point Choke Question

[Jim Brown]

The difficulty with what you're suggesting is that the RF noise 
environment is continuously changing, as we, and our neighbors, purchase 
new appliances and devices, as more of us install solar systems, as 
components of the power system degrade.

Two of my neighbors, at roughly 60 degrees and 130 degrees azimuth 
produce a lot of noise, at least part of it from solar systems. This 
summer, I replaced one 7-el 30 ft 6M yagi with another that has a better 
controlled pattern. As I rotate it, I find the noise falling a bit 
between the two directions, and when I go far off axis, it is at the 
level of circuit noise. In this time of COVID, approaching either of 
those neighbors to address the noise is hardly an option. :)

73, Jim K9YC

On 11/7/2020 6:22 AM, Alan Higbie wrote:
> It would be interesting if you could:
> (1) identify and measure some particular RFI (or general noise floor) that
> needs to be suppressed - and
> (2) then install the best designed choke made from what you have available
> and
> (3) measure strength of that RFI (or noise floor).
> 
> Later, in the Spring, try another (more theoretically optimal) choke - make
> a similar comparison - and see if you can improve suppression of that RFI
> or general noise floor.