Electrical Noise Suppression

[Ancient Mariner]

I just installed my Ham Radio transceiver in my new 07 and there seems to be a lot of noise getting to the radio. Has anyone tried any specific products to suppress this noise. Most of what I read about refers to a gas engine. I had the same radio in a 99 and with time I got the noise reduced pretty well. However, when I traded I forgot to remove all the extra stuff I had installed for noise suppression and am now starting from scratch again. Any suggestions on noise reduction would be appreciated and will probably save me some time. Thanks, Ancient Mariner

 

[n7gxz]

What type of noise are you getting?

Is is engine or road speed dependent?

Do you have any aftermarket stuff added like an Edge box?



I had a problem in my '01 with my VA box creating a bunch of noise on my ham radio, very bad on 146. 580. I but a couple of large farrite cores on the cable coming out of the VA box and that seems to have fixed it.



Kevin

 

[Ancient Mariner]

I may have narrowed it down to a transformer in front of the house. I didn't realize it but I'm getting about the same noise level with the engine on or off. I also remembered that I had put a capicator across the lift pump to suppress noise from it. The new truck I think the fuel pump is in the tank so will have to think about how to handle that. I have used the ferrite coils on the power leads to the radio. Thanks. Ancient Mariner