[Elecraft] Help identifying this RFI

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Thu Jul 2 12:34:28 EDT 2015


On Thu,7/2/2015 7:20 AM, Matt Zilmer wrote:
>   In a staight line, this
> transformer problem was almost 1/2 mile away, and not even on the same
> distribution circuit we're on here.

Remember that power lines RADIATE. Although I have no scientific 
evidence to back it up, I suspect that most noise we hear from power 
lines is the result of radiation of the noise current -- that is, the 
power wiring near the noise source acts as a transmitting antenna.

73, Jim K9YC


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