Yes, I did run the K3 off of a battery and pulled the main AC breaker. Didn’t make any difference. Thus my suspicion that the RFI is related to the 208 kW ERP TV station (and/or 63 kW EPR FM station) which are within 1.6 miles and in direct line of sight.
73, Andreas K6AKW > On Feb 18, 2020, at 10:00 AM, Hank <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Have you tried pulling your main AC breaker and running your K3 on a car > battery? That way, you are sure that nothing in your house (switching power > supplies, poor mechanical joints, etc.) is creating the noise. > > > I was able to convince my nearest neighbors to shut down their AC panels also > after my house seemed "clean". > > > I finally found 2 bad crimped power line connections down the street from my > and a home made fence charge at a goat farm about 300yds behind my house > through the woods. Another ham and the local power company came and helped. > The power company did their work and it cleared up several S units, but > something was still there. Riding around with a scanner tuned to 1800kHz (AM > mode) with no antenna connected yielded the goat fence. The power company > came out with a listening device to verify my findings. I offered to buy the > farmer a fence charger from the hardware store, but he went ahead and did it > on his own - it really helped having the power company there!! > > I still have a neighbor with a noisy plasma TV - an MFJ-1026 with a longwire > out the window nulls it out quite well when the TV in on. Eventually the TV > will die (I'm hoping). > > Good luck! > Hank > K4HYJ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andreas Wachter via Elecraft ([email protected]) > Date: 02/18/20 12:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] RFI issues > > I live about 1.6 miles from some tall antenna towers broadcasting digital TV > (KBCB) at 208 kW ERP on channel 19 (500 - 506 MHz) and on FM (KWPZ-FM) at 63 > kW ERP on 106.5MHz - according to FCC info on KBCB and KWPZ-FM. Ever since I > moved to this QTH a few months ago, I am unable to use my K3: solid S9+ noise > on all bands using a makeshift dipole strung up on some trees outside my > house. I’ve tried to locate the source of the RFI within my home but so far > have been unable to locate any RFI emanating from within my home. Could it be > that the TV/FM stations antenna towers, which are within direct line of sight > from my house, might be responsible for the RFI? > > 73, Andreas > > K6AKW > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
