help with RFI please!

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help with RFI please!

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i'm getting way too much rfi.... and i think it's coming through my antenna. there's no engine noise then there's no coax, there's no engine noise when there's coax but no antenna, but when everything's setup normal, there's noise out the wazoo! (as in i'm 99% sure it's not coming through the power wires, which are filtered by the way)

i tried an experiment last night after work... i sat in my car and turned off alll my noise filters and sound tracker, and i could "hear" cars drive by... and when the guy next to me started his car, i could hear his fuel injectors! how do i fix this?

i'm not too worried about noise from other cars, because when i turn on ANL/NB and soundtracker, 95% of the noise is gone, but when my car fires up, my RF meter jumps to 3 pounds with noise. I determined most of it's probably from the fuel pump.

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i saw an article somewhere showing how to put some torroids on your fuel pump power wires. i'll see if i can find it again.
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Turn on you NB/ANL switch on your radio....that should help a lot. Good luck

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