[Elecraft] Help identifying this RFI

Wes (N7WS) wes at triconet.org
Wed Jul 1 18:31:23 EDT 2015


I've uploaded some videos to YouTube that show the problem I'm having.  This is 
my first attempt at using YouTube and my first use of the video feature of my 
new Sony A6000, so bear with me.

The link is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpl3gFMWg58kn7afp_K5c6A

What these show is the noise that is wiping out my HF/6M operations.  This stuff 
covers the complete spectrum from 160 to 6 meters.  I'm in semi-rural location 
and have walked about a 1/2 mile in all directions with a Sony ICF-SW7600GR 
receiver, using the telescoping antenna and cannot pinpoint a location.  My 
power company (co-op) is trying to be helpful, but the knowledgeable guy has 
left the company so I'm dealing with a rookie.

Furthermore, in addition to the short-term, cyclic intermittency (5-10 minutes) 
evident in the videos, there can be longer term periods of quiet, which Murphy 
dictates occur when the power company guy is looking for noise.

I'm hoping there is some expert here that can point me in the right direction.

Wes  N7WS


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