[TNham] 2 meters and cable channel 18 interaction

Sun, 4 Jan 2004 16:42:55 -0600

 Hard to say if they would fix their problem or not. But you might want to
think about a simple 1/4 wave shunt on the back of his TV. You would be
amazed how much TVI I have fixed with a simple piece of coax/twin lead.

Joe AG4QC 

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: [email protected] 
 > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed
 > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 3:20 PM
 > To: [email protected]
 > Subject: [TNham] 2 meters and cable channel 18 interaction
 > 
 > When transmitting on 2 meters anywhere on the band I am 
 > causing my neighbors tv to blank out on channel 18 which for 
 > some odd reason is the channel he watches 24/7. On 145.250 
 > in Harrogate driving around I get S7 and S9 signals from 
 > cable TV leakage. The cable company is Communicom in 
 > Tazewell. What are the odds they will correct this? Any help 
 > or suggestions would be appreciated. I have told my neighbor 
 > to call me anytime this occurs and I would be polite enough 
 > to curtail my operating but lately he is complaining that I 
 > cause problems 2 or 3 times a week. He doesn't understand 
 > that I am on 2 meters daily. He asked me how come I didn't 
 > use other bands and I tried to explain that 2 is used by 
 > locals and one of if not the most popular amateur bands. 
 > Anyway it's getting frustrating for him and me both. I did 
 > send him on of the articles on the ARRL website explaining 
 > this problem and the responsibility of the cable company but 
 > haven't heard anything back. I suspect that any chokes or 
 > filters will not cure this due to horrendous leakage. 
 > ED AND CARRIE YEARY  W4TEY and W4CAY
 > 325 CUMBERLAND DRIVE 
 > HARROGATE, TN. 37752-6942
 > 
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