[Elecraft] OT--RFI Issue

[Dyarnes]

Hi All,

First, I hope this thread isn't viewed adversely by the moderator.  I think 
it's educational, at a minimum.  Of course, I have a vested interest in the 
topic right now, but sooner or later, just about every ham will probably 
face this issue--rightly or wrongly!

I loved the old Jimmy Hatlo cartoon that "Missouri Guy" posted!  Hatlo's 
cartoons were a mainstay years back, and I sure miss them.

I very much tend to agree with both Don Wilhelm's response and with Phil 
Kane's comments as well.  I tend to think it isn't too much wrong to try 
simple speaker line filters, which often do solve an issue, but as Phil 
points out, today's electronics are much different than what we had in the 
past, and it is easy to do exactly the wrong thing!  For example, I think 
the old "stand by" trick of using bypass caps, which used to work very often 
in old stuff, isn't a good idea with today's equipment.  Apparently 
transistorized  equipment, like audio amps, won't necessarily be happy with 
such a "fix" the way older tube type gear would.  I wouldn't try that!

In any event, I don't want to even attempt to go inside someone else's 
equipment.  I DO want to appear genuinely concerned and intent on trying to 
resolve the issue!

Often the problem, is convincing the "affected party" that it really is a 
defect in their equipment, or installation thereof, and not yours.  Of 
course, you need to be pretty darned sure that is the case!  That was my 
situation from the outset.  All my neighbor wanted to focus on was how much 
money he had spent on his "system", equating money spent to a lessened 
responsibility.  It's very esoteric for most people when you start talking 
about bad ground connections on their end, and anomalies like speaker wire 
runs acting as rectifiers of RF.  They don't think they have done anything 
wrong, and they are almost right, except for the laws of physics.  In any 
event, they tend to view it as an infringement on their rights, and don't 
feel any concern that we also have the right to operate a properly 
functioning station.

I very much appreciate the responses on this issue.  Apparently internet 
issues are not that rare, but I was assuming (wrongly I guess) that the vast 
disparity between my operating frequency and that used by internet devices 
would make this less probable.  You learn something everyday!  When you 
think about it, though,  unwanted RF comes from all sorts of 
devices--florescent lights, dimmer switches, etc.  So there doesn't always 
seem to be a harmonic relationship.

Hopefully I will find a good answer to all of this.

Dave W7AQK