[SixClub] Re: 6M Getting into TV Channel 3 - CLARIFIED!

[6n2mtrham at comcast.net]

Put a high pass filter before the amp, ground the amp to a good ground. Ground first, filter second.

Jerry W9FS

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Jerry, W9FS,  Club # 66
South Bend, IN. EN61UP
ex W9FTI, W4RXU, K9PFV, DL5GI
www.w9fs.com

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: kd4e <doc at kd4e.com>
> Lots of great assistance already, thanks!
> 
> Here are some additional clarifications ...
> 
> 1.  The interference is on all TV channels, VHF & UHF.
> 
> 2.  Removing the distribution amp eliminates both my
>      desirable TV signal and the 6M interference.
> 
> 3.  I presume that my Yaesu FT-857D is not sending
>      TV frequency signals to my homebrew delta loop
>      so it must be that the distribution amp is picking
>      up 6M along with the weaker TV signals and amplifying
>      them all together.
> 
> Therefore, I am guessing that I need a 6M trap filter
> just prior to the TV distribution amp. so it has nothing
> on 6M to amplify.
> 
> Where do I find such a critter?  Or are they fairly
> simple to build?
> 
> WDAYT?  (What Do All Y'all Think?)
> 
> :-)
> 
> > I raised my delta loop *from* a feedpoint of 6'
> > above the ground *to* 15' and now it is getting
> > into the TV (all channels).
> > 
> > The TV antenna is at 30 feet and is about 30'
> > from my 6M antenna.  (I am running 100W SSB.)
> > 
> > I have disconnected the outside antenna at the
> > distribution amp inside the house and used an
> > amplified set-top antenna - no interference then.
> > 
> > QUESTIONS:
> > 
> > 1.  Is there a typical separation of the antennas
> > that might solve this?  e.g. 50' 75' 100'?
> > 
> > 2.  Is there a filter for the TV that would take
> > out 6M?
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E
> Have you tried 6m & 10M lately?  Wow!
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