Can confirm. While roving, many FO-29 attempts have been partially wiped out by me opening a door otherwise activating the MCU of my X.
On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 3:27 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
We have a Nissan Leaf. Now that you describe this, I think I've seen the same at home!
I have several friends with Teslas, and can get an i3 to characterize. If you're interested write me off list and we can get some data, if you like.
-Michelle W5NYV
On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 3:17 PM Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
For those of you considering operating around electric vehicles, beware of the copious noise emitted by the BMW i3.
I was sitting in a parking lot, engine off, operating mobile on 10m during the recent band openings. Rather abruptly, the band's noise floor increased to mid-scale on the S-meter. I briefly wondered if propagation had suddenly changed, and then I noticed a BMW i3 pass behind me and leave the lot.
The noise left as well... I was back to a nice quiet band floor.
I didn't have time to switch over to 2m/70cm SSB and see how far up the racket extended.
I stumbled across an article relating much of the same, today.
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098893_bmw-i3-electric-car-quirk-no-am...
So, save the planet or save the spectrum. Perhaps not both at the same time? :-)
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