Looking for local help with RFI

[K7GFH]

Hello All,

Looking for an Elmer or anyone who likes to chase powerline noise etc and would be willing to teach me a few things. I have what I believe to be powerline noise which gives me an s5 to s9 noise level across the entire ham spectrum. The noise is the worst from 15 meters to 160 meters. I have used my Arrow Yagi to try to isolate the noise but I am not confident enough in my findings to contact the power company. I also believe I am getting interference from my next door neighbor but I do not believe it is enough to be causing my problem. I am located near Clackamas, Oregon. Any help is appreciated.


73

JR

[K0RGR]

JR, have you eliminated your own house first? You can do that by pulling the circuit breakers in your house while you listen to a portable radio that detects the noise. If the noise goes away when you pull a breaker, find out what's on that circuit.

I also believe in trying power line filters. I've had good results with one I built.
You can buy industrial line filters fairly cheaply, and MFJ has a commercially built 'brute force' filter.

[K7GFH]

JR, have you eliminated your own house first? You can do that by pulling the circuit breakers in your house while you listen to a portable radio that detects the noise. If the noise goes away when you pull a breaker, find out what's on that circuit.

I also believe in trying power line filters. I've had good results with one I built.
You can buy industrial line filters fairly cheaply, and MFJ has a commercially built 'brute force' filter.


Hello and thanks for the reply. Yes I have, I killed the main feeder into the house and ran off of battery power with the same interference. I will look into the filters though. At this point I would really like to find the culprit just out of curiosity plus I would like to see it fixed if possible.

Thanks Again,

JR