Identifying And Mitigating Radio Interference, RFI

01/08/19 • 59 min

We'll often deal with RFI in the in shack at some point. I'll cover what I have dealt with and how I've gone about fixing it. Practical tips in suppressing interference. News: RTTY Roundup this weekend, FT8 is allowed http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup RFI Links: W5KUB on RFI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB2neFFC7JM What is Common Mode RFI? http://www.k0bg.com/common.html Palomar Engineering palomar-engineers.com Links to products in the video: https://www.amazon.com/shop/hoshnasi What radio should I buy? https://goo.gl/LupLWz Get an SDR? https://goo.gl/2tWPBS How to program repeaters into your radio https://goo.gl/opr3P7 Find a club: http://www.arrl.org/find-a-club Go Digital: https://goo.gl/H6yg2B WebSDR Reverse Beaconing http://websdr.org/ Setup FT8 https://goo.gl/RMBRrW Setup JS8Call https://goo.gl/E3hJmg Setup PSK31 https://goo.gl/PULVQG Using PSKReporter www.PSKReporter.info Emergency preparedness: https://goo.gl/EKvnvZ Satellites for ham radio: https://goo.gl/mtW9ab What Mobile radio should I get? https://goo.gl/cPznGU How to use APRS https://goo.gl/brWMTH HamJam (Radio event): https://goo.gl/oJ5pmf Consider contests: http://www.arrl.org/contest-calendar Yagi plans: https://goo.gl/j1hyNB FM Sats: https://goo.gl/YPMXAD ISS APRS: https://goo.gl/ecJZAm RF Direction Finding http://www.homingin.com/ Join the HRCC: Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT Facebook: https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi Want to support my channel? Just bookmark this link. https://amzn.to/2xFS418 which is the Amazon homepage. No additional cost to you and helps keeps the Crash Course going. Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content: https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi We now have MERCH! https://goo.gl/GLhtkv Current Shack Config: ICOM 7300: https://amzn.to/2sVdpOq ICOM 2730a: https://amzn.to/2JqrASg MFJ-4230DMP: http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-4230DMP G5RV: https://amzn.to/2KfETGv Souncloud................► https://soundcloud.com/hoshnasi Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi Mail: P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101. (If your send me something PLEASE include a name or something you want me to give a shoutout to!) Thanks!

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What Is Amateur Radio Emergency Service ARES All About?

We have Dom and Evan with us for this great interview on Amateur Radio Emergency Service. How did they get started and what have they learned with their time? BlackFriday: http://www.radiowavz.com/ 15% off with code hoshnasi HamStudy https://goo.gl/MLrFzc Discounts most products! News: Dec. 5th talk at Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club w2mmd.org Did you survive the sweeps? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqE8kWcxeJc I was on the w5kub live steam! Talked about moon bounce, meteor scatter and my antenna spike w5kub.com every Tues at 8PM Central 9 PM eastern. Links to products in the video: https://www.amazon.com/shop/hoshnasi Yagi plans: https://goo.gl/j1hyNB FM Sats: https://goo.gl/YPMXAD ISS APRS: https://goo.gl/ecJZAm RF Direction Finding http://www.homingin.com/ Go Digital: https://goo.gl/H6yg2B WebSDR Reverse Beaconing http://websdr.org/ Setup FT8 https://goo.gl/RMBRrW Setup JS8Call https://goo.gl/E3hJmg Setup PSK31 https://goo.gl/PULVQG Using PSKReporter www.PSKReporter.info What radio should I buy? https://goo.gl/LupLWz Get an SDR? https://goo.gl/2tWPBS How to program repeaters into your radio https://goo.gl/opr3P7 Find a club: http://www.arrl.org/find-a-club Emergency preparedness: https://goo.gl/EKvnvZ Satellites for ham radio: https://goo.gl/mtW9ab What Mobile radio should I get? https://goo.gl/cPznGU How to use APRS https://goo.gl/brWMTH HamJam (Radio event): https://goo.gl/oJ5pmf Consider contests: http://www.arrl.org/contest-calendar Join the HRCC: Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT Facebook: https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi Want to support my channel? Just bookmark this link. https://amzn.to/2xFS418 which is the Amazon homepage. No additional cost to you and helps keeps the Crash Course going. Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content: https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi We now have MERCH! https://goo.gl/GLhtkv Current Shack Config: ICOM 7300: https://amzn.to/2sVdpOq ICOM 2730a: https://amzn.to/2JqrASg MFJ-4230DMP: http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-4230DMP G5RV: https://amzn.to/2KfETGv Souncloud................► https://soundcloud.com/hoshnasi Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi Mail: P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101. (If your send me something PLEASE include a name or something you want me to give a shoutout to!) Thanks!

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What Ham Radio Logger Should You Use? Ham Radio Deluxe, RumLogNG, N3FJP, HamLog M4A

There are many ways to log ham radio contacts, we're going to go over five or some of my favorites. RumLogNG, Ham Radio Deluxe, HamLog, N3FJP and gold old fashioned paper Giveaway! Quirky QRP Keychain! http://bit.ly/KeychainQRP Checkout OH8STN Winter Field Day setup! https://goo.gl/d1VgjN I'll be on the Gentleman Scofflaw Podcast https://www.gentlemanscofflaw.com/ w5kub.com every Tues at 8PM Central 9 PM eastern. Links to products in the video: https://www.amazon.com/shop/hoshnasi What radio should I buy? https://goo.gl/LupLWz Get an SDR? https://goo.gl/2tWPBS How to program repeaters into your radio https://goo.gl/opr3P7 Find a club: http://www.arrl.org/find-a-club Go Digital: https://goo.gl/H6yg2B WebSDR Reverse Beaconing http://websdr.org/ Setup FT8 https://goo.gl/RMBRrW Setup JS8Call https://goo.gl/E3hJmg Setup PSK31 https://goo.gl/PULVQG Using PSKReporter www.PSKReporter.info Emergency preparedness: https://goo.gl/EKvnvZ Satellites for ham radio: https://goo.gl/mtW9ab What Mobile radio should I get? https://goo.gl/cPznGU How to use APRS https://goo.gl/brWMTH HamJam (Radio event): https://goo.gl/oJ5pmf Consider contests: http://www.arrl.org/contest-calendar Yagi plans: https://goo.gl/j1hyNB FM Sats: https://goo.gl/YPMXAD ISS APRS: https://goo.gl/ecJZAm RF Direction Finding http://www.homingin.com/ Join the HRCC: Discord: https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT Facebook: https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi Want to support my channel? Just bookmark this link. https://amzn.to/2xFS418 which is the Amazon homepage. No additional cost to you and helps keeps the Crash Course going. Monthly newsletter, stickers, private content: https://www.patreon.com/hoshnasi We now have MERCH! https://goo.gl/GLhtkv Current Shack Config: ICOM 7300: https://amzn.to/2sVdpOq ICOM 2730a: https://amzn.to/2JqrASg MFJ-4230DMP: http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-4230DMP G5RV: https://amzn.to/2KfETGv Souncloud................► https://soundcloud.com/hoshnasi Discord.....................► https://discord.gg/xhJMxDT Facebook.................►https://goo.gl/cv5rEQ Twitter......................► https://twitter.com/Hoshnasi Instagram.................► https://instagram.com/hoshnasi SnapChat..................► @Hoshnasi Mail: P.O Box 5101 Cerritos, Ca. 90703-5101. (If your send me something PLEASE include a name or something you want me to give a shoutout to!) Thanks!