RFI
Most of the members have read some of the posts about RFI generated by various systems in our homes, RVs and tow vehicles. A lot of you laugh it off, thinking, "It doesn't apply to me." Well, g...
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Led 67 wrote:
Radio hobbyist Tom Thompson of Boulder, Colo., last year tracked a signal using a homemade contraption.
The best "contraptions" for radio direction finding are home-brew and the Hams know how to use them.
The worst kind of RFI is that which is conducted over the power mains and little if any is radiated. Sometimes it can do more than cause interference; it can make certain electronic devices totally unusable.
A few years ago there was a camper who had a defective device in his camper; it was feeding enough garbage back on to the power line to cause tripping of GFCIs. As soon as that camper was unplugged from the mains, everyone else could then use their radios, TV sets, etc.
