[ARC5] Command Sets and Interference

[David Stinson]

Roy, I've known you on here many years and I hate to take public
exception with you, but the "ARC-5 TVI" thing is a myth,
born of improper operation/tuning of the radios and 
poor 1950s-1960s television front-ends 
(not that the front-ends of the newer ones are much better).
All that hacking, sawing, shielding and bypassing 
is utterly unnecessary if the radios are run as-designed
*and* any bad componants are replaced *and* the output 
roller coil contacts are cleaned in the way I outlined here
some years ago (small arcs in the oxides will play heck with a TV).
I've run them in the same room with a TV with rabbit ears-
no problems.  However, if you have a TV that is suseptable to 
fundimental overload, nothing will help except working on the TV.


I've done the work with service monitors and spectrum analyzers
costing tens of thousands.  The figures are around here someplace.
I went over several sets.  The short version is that the 
ARC-5 command transmitters are cleaner than modern synth rigs.

The person with the problem needs to provide details on how
he is running and tuning his rigs, plus the situation of 
the television (cable, antenna?).

73 DE Dave AB5S