[HCARC] Excellent June QST Article on "The Great RFI Hunt"

[Gary and Arlene Johnson]

Received the June issue of QST and on page 37 there is an excellent article on hunting down stray RFI.  As someone setting up a new station it gives me excellent cues on "What Not To Do In Advance".  An example might be - don't run your Electronic Bug Zappers when using the radio - the spark when a bug is fried might just be picked up by your antenna (I have 3 that I use each night).  I would also guess that there is something in the electronics as it stores up a charge to zap the next bug that might cause RFI too.  The author found problems with his Linksys Router, with two Cat 5 cables, and an unfiltered computer power supply.  So many ways to do it wrong!!!  At least articles like this will tell me where to look for the culprits if I experience any.

Gary J
N5BAA
HCARC Secretary 2013