Thank you! Any chance they would change me for the work? Mark Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 7, 2021, at 1:36 PM, jclupp...@ussailing.net wrote: > > > Jeff Hoke was in the process of retiring and I believe he is no longer there. > He was training his replacement though, his name is Gregory Young. > > gregory.yo...@centerpointenergy.com > Office: 713-945-6555 > Mobil: 832-715-0549 > > If you can get him to come out he has all the same equipment and can run a > spectrum analysis that could possibly help. > Hope that helps. > > Chris Luppens > > From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> On Behalf Of Jeffrey Carson via BVARC > Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2021 8:49 AM > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org> > Cc: Jeffrey Carson <jcarson...@yahoo.com>; Mark Brantana > <mark.brant...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] QRM in new radio setup > > Hello,i have had Jeff Hoke with Centerpoint come out and remediate some noise > on a pole behind my house. Very thorough and professional. > > His contact information: Contact Jeff by email FIRST. > Jeff Hoke > jeff.h...@centerpointenergy.com > > Office: 713-945-6304 > Mobile: 713-304-2728 > > > On Saturday, February 6, 2021, 11:37:44 PM CST, Mark Brantana via BVARC > <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > > Tonight I hooked up my little TH-F6A to the same antenna and got the same > noise. I do have to test out my radio, but I am 85% convinced that it is QRM > from a pole transformer located about 25 ft from the long end of my OFDP. > This is a reasonably new transformer, since they replaced it about 5 years > ago when the old one blew. Anyone have experience with getting the electric > company to do a RFI survey? > > On the down side, I carried my AM radio to my back yard and heard no > detectable interference. This is turning into a real mystery. > > Mark > N5PRD > > > On Feb 3, 2021, at 6:55 PM, Gus Bernard via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > What Rick says. Then try taking it portable, away from the QTH and power > lines. > > Gus, K5GMB > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 7:33 PM Mark Brantana via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > I am reaching out for ideas on a radio issue. I have installed an IC-745 Icom > with an MFJ-2010 offset fed dipole. The power supply is a 20A MegaWatt > switching power supply, which is located right next to the radio. The antenna > is under some high power-lines with the long leg 90 degrees to the > power-lines. I used my nanoVNA to study the band SWR response, and everything > looks reasonable, though some small adjustments may need to be made. Nothing > is grounded as yet. > > Here’s my problem. I am only attempting to receive at this time and I get > consistent QRM white noise across all bands to the point where I can barely > pick out some voices, etc. > > I am confident that the antenna is properly connected due to my antenna study. > I don’t believe the power lines are an issue, since the problem would likely > be more isolated show up as birdies at certain frequencies. > The radio settings seem to all be correct according to the manual. > Lack of grounding, but again the white noise is generally consistant across > the spectrum. Still, this could be the problem. > I have turned off my computer, so there no QRM from its power supply. > It does not help to have the switching power supply right next to the radio, > but other users give good reports on this model and no QRM issues are > mentioned. > I tried the radio at different times of the day on 20-m voice band, with the > same noisy result. > It could be the net result of a large number of small device transformers, > but I doubt it. > I turned off the wifi, and still no change. > > Hmm… I am a little stumped. Any thoughts or ideas? Personal experiences? > > Mark > N5PRD > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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