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HAM Radio install noise help

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I have a 2022 RAM 1500 and just installed the following dual band - VGC VR-N7500. Power is directly from the battery. I have a video so you here the interference noise. This is being generated with the truck in run mode and no engine running. I have tried the following corrective actions:
  • add a snap-on ferrite with a wrap of both the power and antenna leads
  • remove the antenna and the noise disapperas
  • changed to a different antenna
  • moved the antenna to different spots on the truck
  • switched out the radio to a ICOM IC-208H-this is the one in the video.
No change

Here is a link to a video you here the noise

Microsoft OneDrive
 
I have a 2022 RAM 1500 and just installed the following dual band - VGC VR-N7500. Power is directly from the battery. I have a video so you here the interference noise. This is being generated with the truck in run mode and no engine running. I have tried the following corrective actions:
  • add a snap-on ferrite with a wrap of both the power and antenna leads
  • remove the antenna and the noise disapperas
  • changed to a different antenna
  • moved the antenna to different spots on the truck
  • switched out the radio to a ICOM IC-208H-this is the one in the video.
No change

Here is a link to a video you here the noise

Microsoft OneDrive
Picking up radiated emissions from one of the modules/CAN Bus or wiring harness.
Time for a spectrum analyzer to try pinpoint the source.
 

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