[Elecraft] OT P3 video of RFI, ideas?
Steve
n4lq at carolina.rr.com
Sat Jul 6 12:47:34 EDT 2013
Bill
It took me a year to locate the noise source similar to yours. It is
worse on 80m and the frequency shifts as picture content changes. It
turned out to be next door. They had bought a 60" Samsung plasma. I took
a portable AM receiver over there, turned on their tv and it totally
blanked out the entire HF spectrum.
No amount of line cord filtering, torroids etc. does any good
whatsoever. The QRM radiates off the face of the plasma screen and can't
be tamed. The only cure is a new LCD tv!
My neighbor has not been helpful. They refuse to let a "serviceman" sent
by Samsung to look at it. I gave up 2 years ago and have managed to make
some antenna changes that help a little.
73
Steve N4LQ
On 7/5/2013 12:29 PM, Bill Hammond wrote:
> This is a bit off topic but perhaps other P3 users on this reflector have encountered this RFI and have some idea where it comes from and perhaps a remedy? There must be a couple of thousand P3 users on this reflector.
> The below is a recording and includes sound of this nasty bit of pulsating RF.
>
> Video recording:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ak5x/9214448105/
>
> It is not always there. When it is there in the 20-meter band there are siblings almost as strong at the following frequencies:
>
> 13.975
>
> 14.032-the recording
>
> 14.126
>
> 14.220
>
> 14.282
>
> 14.469
>
> In addition, there are less strong signals that follow the pulsation; one is visible on the recording at 14000 (far left on the P3). They are also in the 17 meter band. They are not in the 15 meter band or above.
>
> I have pulled the big switch and it is still there on battery power. My suspension is a neighbor with plasma television. Is this what plasma TV looks like? It is directional in nature and the strongest signal comes from a 40-degree heading, roughly Europe from my location, or to a cluster of homes to my northeast.
>
> 73, Bill AK5X
>
> Bill Hammond
> wham727 at aol.com
> Bill Hammond-AK5X
> ak5x at mac.com
> ak5x at sbcglobal.net
> K3 #69
> P3 #817
> KPA500 # 149
> K2/100 #4637
> K1 #2033
> KX1 #1023
> KX3 #583
> W2
> T1
>
>
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