[Elecraft] OT P3 video of RFI, ideas?

[Chris Pinholster]

Suppose the manufacturer can't or won't  fix it? What happens then? I have a Pioneer Elite plasma in my house that radiates plenty. Anyone have any experience with Pioneer?

Chris

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On Jul 6, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Tom H Childers <n5ge at n5ge.com> wrote:

> 
> That is a plasma TV near your home.  
> 
> How do I know?  My next door neighbor has one.  He just moved in last
> month and this week the noise started.
> 
> What can you do about it?
> 
> I went next door and asked him if he had a plasma TV and he answered
> "Yes, but I don't watch it except on Saturdays when my girl friend is
> here."  
> 
> I brought him to the shack and showed him the noise on my P3 SVGA
> interface, them we went to his home and turned it off, after which we
> returned to the shack and I showed him the signal was gone.
> 
> He now has a borrowed copy of the ARRL RFI Book and an explanation
> from me of how to contact the Mfgr and ask them to fix it.  I know
> they can't, so I then told him to contact the FCC and report an FCC
> Part 15 violation and give the name of the Mfgr (SamSung) when they
> tell him sorry they can't fix it.
> 
> He was very nice about the whole thing and we now observes quiet time
> except on Saturday night when I'm usually not on the air.
> 
> Fortunately he has a very large LED TV in the Den which makes no
> noise. 
> 
> 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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> Tom
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