[Elecraft] RFI

[Don Rasmussen]

The MFJ-1026 will cure it. You only need a simple external antenna near the noise source. Phase that kind of noise out. 


Cheers,
Don



Hi Don

I know what you were going thru as my next door neighbor has a Kenmore front-loader (made by Whirlpool, I think) and I hear the RFI on my radio and I am 200 feet away from his house and the antenna is 400 feet in the backyard from his house. Seems every 15/18KHz or so, I hear the hash noise...since I use 30m, it falls on 10.103 and 10.118 but is fairly broad so covers up weak signals.

I gave him an EMI/RFI suppressor block but that didn't even work...so I guess, the mods have to be made internally but I don't even want to go there.

Looks like the FCC is turning their backs on this one. I have a Maytag top loader with a rotary "analog" switch and sure hope it doesn't "poop out" anytime soon. Hate to dig into my stash of ham radio $$$$.

73
Tom /K1TL  k1tl at cox.net ...