[Scan-DC] Classical music on 149.750 mhz

[Stephen Platt]

---- There will be some RF leakage on cable tv distribution systems.  =
The issue is
whether or not it exceeds FCC maximum set limits.

Yes, I realize there will always some leakage somewhere. I wish I knew =
what the limits are. I know it=20
can't be much!=20

At my house I pick up channels 18, 23 & 24 on my 144/222 dualband rigs. =
I had narrowed them down to=20
the drop ports on the poles. There seemed to be several locations in the =
neighborhood. I hadn't called Cox to this point because I'm not sure how =
much I'm getting INTO the cable system when I'm on the air beyond my=20
house. I believe that the sets in my house pick me up from front end =
overload on the above channels.=20
If I am getting into neighbors' sets I don't thing they realize where =
it's coming from... no calls, visits or vandalized cables yet!! ;-) =
Also, because I mainly operate packet & APRS from the house they =
probably have no idea what's going on. There was an incident several =
years ago when a tech in a Cox signal sniffer truck knocked at the house =
of a ham running a packet bulletin board system in Virginia Beach and =
after asking if he had a transmitter on 145.63 told him to shut it down! =
Seems they had been getting complaints about channel 18 getting barraged =
by QRM. Needless to say the ham told the tech it's their problem; fix =
it. Unfortunately a few weeks later he decided to shut down his PBBS =
permanently.=20

That incident proved that if there is a TV leakage somewhere in the =
cable line, outside sigs can get IN. =20

Often someone who is getting cable without paying for it has done a =
pitiful job and is the source of many leakage complaints.=20





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