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My inverter is the culprit I can pull into the yard with my mobile in the truck and when I get to about 80 ft. away the RFI starts. As soon as I move away the interference drops. I have my radio (base) about 50 ft. away from the solar shed. I took hardware cloth and put it on the outside wall of the inverter and sank a grounding rod 8ft. into the ground and grounded the hardware cloth to it. It did not help. I have tried the ferrite chokes to the ac lines also but still have not killed the noise. The chokes I bought of ebay. Before I had the solar I just used a generator. Never had the problem until I got the inverter. I have not grounded the A99 yet but might try that. I have not hooked up the HF radio yet but it will have the same effect I am sure. I could shut the inverter down and just run the generator when I need to run the transmitter I guess but that will be a pain in the arse! I have not tried to twist the DC cables but will do that when I service my DC connections.

<blockquote data-quote="164 northern cal" data-source="post: 639691" data-attributes="member: 48158"><p>My inverter is the culprit I can pull into the yard with my mobile in the truck and when I get to about 80 ft. away the RFI starts. As soon as I move away the interference drops. I have my radio (base) about 50 ft. away from the solar shed. I took hardware cloth and put it on the outside wall of the inverter and sank a grounding rod 8ft. into the ground and grounded the hardware cloth to it. It did not help. I have tried the ferrite chokes to the ac lines also but still have not killed the noise. The chokes I bought of ebay. Before I had the solar I just used a generator. Never had the problem until I got the inverter. I have not grounded the A99 yet but might try that. I have not hooked up the HF radio yet but it will have the same effect I am sure. I could shut the inverter down and just run the generator when I need to run the transmitter I guess but that will be a pain in the arse! I have not tried to twist the DC cables but will do that when I service my DC connections.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="164 northern cal, post: 639691, member: 48158"] My inverter is the culprit I can pull into the yard with my mobile in the truck and when I get to about 80 ft. away the RFI starts. As soon as I move away the interference drops. I have my radio (base) about 50 ft. away from the solar shed. I took hardware cloth and put it on the outside wall of the inverter and sank a grounding rod 8ft. into the ground and grounded the hardware cloth to it. It did not help. I have tried the ferrite chokes to the ac lines also but still have not killed the noise. The chokes I bought of ebay. Before I had the solar I just used a generator. Never had the problem until I got the inverter. I have not grounded the A99 yet but might try that. I have not hooked up the HF radio yet but it will have the same effect I am sure. I could shut the inverter down and just run the generator when I need to run the transmitter I guess but that will be a pain in the arse! I have not tried to twist the DC cables but will do that when I service my DC connections. [/QUOTE]

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