Questions tagged [rfi]
Use this tag for questions regarding RFI (Radio Frequency Interference).
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How to detect common-mode currents or “RF in the shack”?
Let's say we already know that if your antenna is not suitably constructed or connected then you can get current on the shield of your coaxial feed line which will flow through the shielding/grounding ...
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Can my neighbor's ham radio antenna be interfering with my internet signal or is my internet provider just throwing blame elsewhere?
My internet provider is telling me that an antenna on my neighbor's house, which he called a ham radio antenna, is interfering with my DSL internet signal. I'm not tech savvy at all, beyond what's ...
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How to reduce RF in the shack when using vertical HF antenna (no radials)
What can be done to reduce RF in the shack (riding back along the coax) when using a vertical 10M antenna (without radials due to space constraints)? The antenna is an IMax-2000 at 32' elevation (20' ...
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Can I reduce RFI/noise at the antenna?
Recently, the power was out in my neighborhood for an extended period of time. I fired up my HF rig using battery power and was amazed at the lack of noise across the HF bands.
When the power grid ...
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Will a HF beam antenna on rooftop building interfere with other antennas there
I am moving into an apartment on the top floor of a building and I intend to install a HF beam antenna for 20 to 10 meters, on the rooftop of the building.
I notice that there are already some ...
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How does FM station have fixed frequency when FM modulation changes the frequency?
I am not sure if this question fits better in physics.stackexchange or ham.stackexchange, feel free to correct me. I am new to studying RF and SDR in general, I was looking up how modulation works and ...
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How do I prevent radio signals from tripping a GFCI?
My wife woke up several nights by a metallic "thunk". It happened to be while I was talking on 10 meters and turned out to be the ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) on her hair dryer cord. ...
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How can I reduce the noise coming in from an RTL-SDR dongle?
I've recently received an RTL-SDR dongle, and I'm picking up a lot of noise that is probably coming from my PC, especially a lot of "spikes" on the 2M band. I've already started using a USB extension ...
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What is the proper way to ground your station's antenna?
I don't understand how you would go about giving an RF ground to your antenna. Would it not become an additional radial and affect the signal?
What is the proper way to ground your station's antenna?...
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Super-low-tech VHF low-pass filter construction?
Related to this question:
Is it legal to broadcast an FM radio signal with a Raspberry Pi Zero?
Is it possible to build a super-low-tech low-pass filter for VHF harmonic suppression without a PCB or ...
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Understanding coax radiation and "current on the shield"
I'm having trouble understanding what seems to be the fundamental principle behind baluns (and probably other related topics).
Perhaps some of my confusion comes from an audio background, where one ...
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"Coaxial capacitors in line” in E4E04?
I've been studying the U.S. license examination question pools. For the most part, it is reasonably obvious what the questions and answers mean even when I am not yet able to come up with the answers ...
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Using an SDR on a Laptop with Noisy Power Supply
I'm going to start this off by saying I'm very new to this and I don't really know a lot so any detailed information would be much appreciated.
I have just started using an SDR (a cheap RTL model) ...
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HF Noise Level S5 to S9+18
Since I got my HF radio a year and change ago, I've been able to hear very little except noise and the WWV time station on 10MHz. Noise seems to vary by band, but not how I'd expect:
80m: S7-S9
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My radio in the garage is temporarily shutting down the wifi when I key up
I have a Yaesu FT-101EE, D-104 Mike, MFJ-929 Antenna Tuner, 80-10 OCF Dipole Antenna with a MFJ balun.
When ever I key up for more than a few seconds, the wifi network goes down for a couple of ...
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QRN: How to chase down a solid S9 noise floor on 40m only
I am new to this, having just set up my station. I have "very bad" QRN on 40m: S9. Here is the setup:
High density suburb with flats and houses
Yaesu FT450D with fan dipole at 6m-9m above ...
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What kind of RFI is this?
I'm getting a lot of noise now that I have a dipole higher up. The pattern on the waterfall makes it seem man made.
Could it be power line? Or is it some kind of motor?
Here's a short video of the ...
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What safety procedures should be followed when developing and testing a high power amp?
I'm designing a 300W power amplifier using the MRF300AN from NXP targeting a center frequency of 146 MHz.
Obviously I need to keep my fingers out of it and test into a dummy load, but generally ...
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How do active loop vs. passive loop differ in terms of noise rejection?
As a urban ham (Harvard Square, Cambridge MA), I'm on the hunt for RFI rejecting antenna configurations. After hours of research, I've come across many strong recommendations for loop antennas, since ...
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different digital modulations interference. Does it happen?
Bottom line is I have got a very strange (but regular) reading on a < $1 type of ASK 433 MHz receiver. Have a look at it - those 3 spikes are sometimes caught by my receiver, don't know their ...
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How to determine the minimum distance between ham and TV antennas
I'm planning on putting a quarter wave ground plane antenna in my attic for use with 2m/70cm. In order to keep the feed line short, it needs to be near my TV antenna. Is there a rule of thumb for ...
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Need a ferrite suppression material for choking 15 kHz to 60 kHz
Electric fence RFI is ruining reception on our VLF lightning receivers, and we need a material to place around neighbors' fence wires to suppress the noise being radiated. Preferably, a split bead, ...
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Hunting RFI with bars every 61 khz
I realise there have been many great posts on hunting RFI, i've got pretty close to tracking mine down, but would appreciate some insights from the ham.se experts :)
I've done quite a lot of work to ...
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