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RF Investigation Services Interference · Location · Diagnostics
On-site commercial RF investigation

RF Interference Investigation & Source Location

Wireless, radio, telemetry or GNSS equipment behaving unpredictably? We investigate the RF environment, identify unwanted signals and determine why they are affecting your system.

40+ years RF & electronics experience Northampton UK-wide commercial service
Problems we investigate

When the equipment itself is not obviously faulty

Interference can be intermittent, location-dependent or caused by another system that appears unrelated. The first job is to establish what is actually happening rather than replace equipment by guesswork.

Wireless

Unexpected dropouts

Links or sensors work normally and then fail without a clear network or configuration cause.

Radio

Reduced range / dead spots

Coverage changes, receiver desensitisation or interference appears in a previously reliable system.

Telemetry

Intermittent data

Industrial telemetry or remote I/O loses communication and disrupts operations.

GNSS

Positioning problems

GPS/GNSS receivers lose lock, degrade or behave differently at particular places or times.

RF

Unknown signals

An unexpected transmission or elevated noise floor appears in the band you depend on.

Industrial

Co-site problems

Multiple RF systems interact on the same site and the cause is difficult to isolate.

Investigation process

Measure first. Then locate and prove the cause.

The investigation is evidence-led and adapted to the affected system and site.

Understand the symptoms

Establish when, where and how the failure occurs and what has already been ruled out.

Measure the RF environment

Use spectrum analysis and appropriate antennas/probes to characterise wanted and unwanted signals.

Locate the source

Where practical, use comparative measurements and direction finding to narrow down the physical source.

Recommend the remedy

Explain the likely mechanism, evidence and practical corrective action. Engineering remediation can be quoted separately.

Commercial service

Built for problems where downtime costs money

Based in Northampton and available for commercial and industrial investigations across the Midlands, London and throughout the UK. On-site investigations are scoped from the symptoms and location; priority response is available.

Manufacturing

Industrial wireless

Sensors, machine telemetry, radios and wireless control systems.

Logistics

Fleet & depots

GNSS, tracking, telemetry, RFID and site wireless systems.

Construction

Plant & positioning

GNSS/RTK, asset tracking, radio and machine-control communications.

Sector investigations

RF problems in operational environments

Dedicated investigation services for sectors where wireless, GNSS and telemetry failures can disrupt operations.

Talk directly to an RF engineer

Have a commercial RF or wireless problem nobody can explain?

Describe the symptoms. We’ll tell you whether an on-site RF investigation is likely to help.