[GCARC] RFI Issues With A Neighbor

[Herb Dyer]

I would find out the neighbors favorite shows and times and schedule the
best pileups at those times.

 Let them start a war and eventually learn their equipment is the problem.

They will buy a LCD asap.
Not a pretty solution...but an effective one.



On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:36 PM CHARLES Colabrese <colabrese at comcast.net>
wrote:

> RFI from plasma TVs is a well known problem.  Thank goodness they're not
> being sold anymore and are being replaced with LCD sets.
> Here is a link to an ARRL Forum where the problem was discussed and some
> possible solutions offered.  It discusses both Conducted and Radiated
> interference.
>
> http://www.arrl.org/forum/topics/view/173
>
> And here is a link to an article on the DX Engineering Technical Support
> page addressing the same problem.
>
>
> https://www.dxengineering.com/techarticles/lightningandrfiinfo/plasma-tv-mother-of-all-rfi-producers
>
> Since this interference is from a neighbor's TV I suspect it is probably
> radiated interference being picked up by your antenna.  The ferrites or
> line filters may work but I doubt it since I don't think this conducted
> interference.
> The noise reduction built in to your HF rig may reduce the problem. It's
> worth a try.  Unfortunately, I don't think there's much else you can do in
> this case.
> 73, Chuck, WA2TML
>
> > On January 2, 2020 at 11:34 AM The AM Window <perry.mayer1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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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