Hi Mike,
Ah... The sweet sound of silence! Now if only there were some Topband activity,,, My county Office of Emergency Management was very responsive and took their Travellers' Information Station off the air this morning. Their TIS transmitter has been trouble free for many years. Hopefully they will take due care with repairs and testing before activating it again. The on-line FCC database shows only one TIS station in the Atlanta area, but its at Atlanta International Airport far from Ken's QTH. https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/travelers-information-stations-search I wouldn't limit your search to 1/2 mile, you should search at least two miles. A large loop antenna should serve your needs well. I've found the Tecsun PL-660 to be an excellent and inexpensive RFI hunting receiver. Good luck! 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Greenway" <k...@bellsouth.net> To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 11:06:25 PM Subject: Re: Topband: A Tale of a Successful 160 meter RFI Hunt That is interesting Frank as I was just at K4TEA’s QTH yesterday trying to find why he had more noise from one direction that had no signature of any type, just higher background from 1.7 Mhz up to around 2.5 Mhz. 80 M is fine. He is near an interstate so maybe there is something similar out there. I built a large DF loop for 160 I can haul on a pickup to use with my K3. We moved from location to location trying to triangulate on it but we felt it was going to be within .5 miles but I see your source was 2 miles away. Thanks for the input. Keep us posted on your success on getting it turned off. 73 Mike K4PI _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
