[Elecraft] OT P3 video of RFI, ideas?

[tomb18 at videotron.ca]

I have a neighbor who has a plasma. But what is worse I have a neighbor two doors down whose outside lights cause 30-40 db of noise from 7MHz to 20 MHz! I offered to change them for him, and asked him to at least just turn them on at night. He has a timer, but he leaves them on many times all day. His wife was great, if they were on I'd ring the bell and ask her to turn them off...no problem. The one time he answered the door, he started yelling at me calling every name under the sun, and called the cops. Cops looked at my station (one was a cb-er) and said there was not much they could do.I solved the issue by buying an active antenna and a ncc antenna phaser. Here is what it can do!


http://va2fsq.com/wp-content/uploads/2013-Jan-15-20-43-43.avi


Copy the link and paste it in windows media player (File - Open network location).


Problem solved. Too bad it doesn't work remotely.


Tom

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On 7/6/13, Don Allen  <w9cw at w9cw.com> wrote:
> Although this thread is quite mature, I will add my experience with plasma TVs, one of which is a Pioneer Elite. Both of my next door neighbors have plasmas - one a Panasonic and the other the Pioneer. DXing "used to be" my favorite aspect of ham radio, and 40m my favorite band, but since the neighbors' acquisition of the plasma TVs, the plasma noise/spurs can be a constant S8 to S9. To say it's frustrating, especially when I've always tried to be a "good neighbor" in terms of my ham radio operations, is an understatement. Plasma TVs are equivalent to thousands of spark gap transmitters!
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> Until recently, I only operated either very late at night or early AM, or when the neighbors weren't home, or if by chance, weren't watching TV. However, a few months ago I purchased a Pixel Technologies RF-Pro-1B magnetic receiving loop which has helped immensely. The plasma noise is now typically an S4 or S5, sometimes even a bit lower when I carefully adjust the azimuth of the the loop with the rotor. It's also helped with the persistent line noise problem that the power utility is totally unresponsive to address. I essentially use the receive antenna input on my rigs 100% of the time now.
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> I wish the FCC would ban the sales and marketing of plasma TVs!
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> On 7/6/2013 2:19 PM, Chris Pinholster wrote:
> >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?
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