[GCARC] RFI Issues With A Neighbor

[DARRELL NERON]

Hello all,
In addition to Vinnie's idea, you might try ferrites on the power cable, and if it's not a wifi tv, put ferrites on the Ethernet or other cable that might go to the Internet.
In recent discussions, Type 31 ferrites widely available on eBay are recommended as the most effective for HF RFI.
Here's an ARRL discussion of the topic as well http://www.arrl.org/forum/topics/view/173 
Best of luck solving it.

73 and HNY to all,
Darrell AB2E

 
> On January 2, 2020 at 11:49 AM Vinnie Sallustio <yankees_1996 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> What size TV does she have? If it is a smaller TV, you may be better off buying her a new one. They are dirt cheap now. That is the fastest course of action.
> 
> Your other course of action is to file a complaint. By the time the FCC acts on it, you will be waiting a long time and have an angry neighbor.
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> Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2020 11:34:06 AM
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> Subject: [GCARC] RFI Issues With A Neighbor
> 
> I am experiencing some unwanted RFI, plasma TV type, on 80m from my next
> door neighbor. I've narrowed it down to their house, and a location in the
> house by using a shortwave radio tuned to 3.820mhz AM, that also has a
> signal strength meter. So i wrote them a letter, explained the situation,
> and asked them to call me. She called me, I further explained the
> situation, and setup a time to come over her home to find and hopefully
> cure the problem. The time came, and I got no response to phone calls and
> text messages. I finally got a text back saying that she contacted PECO and
> they would contact me with their findings. So I called peco myself and they
> put in an emergency service order and would contact me with an update.
> That's where we are at right now. My question is, there is a pamphlet from
> the ARRL on RFI that clubs give to neighbors for this situation and do you
> guys have something like that? And if she still doesn't cooperate, where do
> I go from here? Contact the ARRL, then the FCC? Just trying to be ahead of
> the situation. I have documented every interaction and attempted
> interaction with her and the power utility. This noise makes a lot of 80m
> inoperable with a noise floor of over 30db over s9...
> 
> Thank You and Happy New Year
> 
> Perry Mayer
> W3MMR
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