Book Review: Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Pocket Guide

“Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Pocket Guide”
by Kenneth Wyatt, WA6TTY and Michael Gruber, W1MG

This small 88-page spiral bound (3” x 5”) pocket guide is written primarily for radio amateurs and others in the radio communications field having to deal with RFI problems. It would also be helpful to homeowners, or anyone, trying to troubleshoot RFI and TVI problems in home entertainment equipment (radios, TVs, and stereo equipment). It makes a good companion to “The ARRL RFI Book,” the editor of which, Michael Gruber, is also a co-author of this guide. The other co­author of this guide, Ken Wyatt, also authored the “EMC Pocket Guide” with Randy Jost.

The Radio Frequency Interference Pocket Guide starts with a discussion of some fundamental EMC principles, includes a frequency versus wavelength table, and lists broadcast frequency allocations in the U.S. This is followed by the crux of the material in four sections (40 pages):

• Identifying RFI,
• Locating RFI,
• Resolving RFI, and
• Assembling an RFI Locator Kit…..

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