[Milsurplus] Radiating receivers

[Rod Hogg]

Reminds me of my experience years ago when I worked for the Kansas Hwy
Patrol. I came across a Hallicrafters S-94, 'Civic Patrol' receiver. Got it
hooked up to an outside ground plane.  KHP operated on 44.98 Mhz, and I was
wanting to use it to listen to dispatch traffic about 20 miles away when I
was off duty.  It had a local oscillator running 10.7 Mhz above tuned
channel.  I interfered with Channel -2- TV for blocks.  Ch -2- was a weak,
but main TV channel in town.  Even got the sheriff looking for problem and
asked my help, as I was a "radio guy".  Man, when I found out what it was, I
unhooked it, took down the antenna, and traded it off and never said a word!
Problem disappeared!

Rod
KØEQH



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Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 2:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Radiating receivers

Along similar lines, in the late 80's, my buddies knew where I was in town
beacuse of white noise on a flashing LED wire in the truck that generated
hash from AMBC to VHF.

Kurt