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How to measure EMI without special equipment?

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I have bought a cheap dashcam to play with, only to discover that my GPS receiver stops working when it’s on. After I ruled out power supply issues (both devices have batteries), I’m left with a hypothesis that the dashcam produces EMI interfering with GPS carries frequencies (1.2-1.5 GHz).

Before I start wrapping my head the dashcam in tinfoil, I want to have an actual measurement of the interference I’m facing. Unfortunately, all I have at home is a multimeter and a toy oscilloscope, in no way capable of GHz measurements. I’m thinking about making some sort of antenna probe for my measurements:

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simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

Is this approach realistic? Is there a way to reliably tune it to the frequency range of interest?


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