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Spent 4 hours chasing a ghost signal on my radio scanner before I found the fix
I kept picking up this weird interference on 146.520 MHz that sounded like a broken motor. Turns out my neighbor's new LED security light was the culprit after I finally walked outside with a handheld and traced it. Has anyone else dealt with RFI from random house electronics?
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piperwhite1mo ago
Wait no, 4 hours is actually pretty standard in my book haha. I spent a whole Saturday once chasing what I thought was this amazing hidden frequency, just to find out it was my phone charger sitting too close to the radio. The worst part is that I'd unplugged it like three times that day and kept plugging it back in without thinking. So yeah, your neighbor's security light is definitely a classic move, I've been there with a faulty refrigerator compressor that sounded like a pirate ship on 144.390 MHz. At least now you can sleep knowing you're not the one who wasted a weekend on a USB cable lol.
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the_piper2mo ago
Is 4 hours really that bad for a ghost signal though? Most of us have spent way longer on way dumber things.
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loganl222mo ago
Have you tried setting a timer and walking away for 20 minutes? I chased a ghost signal for almost 5 hours once just to realize it was my own fishing lure bouncing off a submerged log. Go do something else for a bit, even if it's just getting a snack, and come back with fresh ears. It's crazy how much your brain starts to imagine things when you're staring at that screen too long.
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