Try unplugging the TV's. Many of them have power supplies that are
noisy, and you need the PS on to keep the remote control circuitry
alive... I returned a Zenith several years ago that had LOUD carriers at
several points in the ham bands. Took me a while to find out where they
were coming from!
73, Duane
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:59:54 -0600 "David S.McCallum" <w7sac2@cox.net>
writes:
> Thanks Jim great in put. I too turned off my 3 TV's and it didn't go
> away. I wonder if COX CABLE is part of the problem? Even shut off
> my
> computers one is connected to COX HIGH SPEED INTERNET, still get
> the
> noise and carrier. Will double check again, 73 Mac
>
> David S. McCallum/USAF RET./CMSGT/W7sac/4
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James C. Owen, III" <k4cgy_list@yahoo.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 8:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Noisy RF Environment
>
>
> RE Off-topic. Most of us join a few list which are the most
> interest to us due to time required to read the email. I once
> belonged to the QRP-list but turned it off when I started getting
> 2-400 emails a day just not enough time to read them. Since we
> only read one or two list and get to know all the members it's
> only natural that when we have a question that is somewhat OT,
> that we ask for advice from the group we know best. I don't mind
> some OT subjects as long as they don't stray too far for too long
> from the main list subject (ten-tec). I always learn from
> whatever the topic happens to be. The 28.634 Mhz carrier has been
> very interesting. It's about an S-3 here in Maryland, 30 miles
> west of Baltimore with two bearings of 210 and 330 degrees. I
> couldn't believe that it's the color burst oscillator from a TV
> but guess what! It is!. I have three sets, two are on the outside
> yagi and one is on the internal whip. Turning off the one on the
> whip had no effect, turning off the 10" kitchen set on the
> outside antenna had no effect, turning off the main 27" JVC in
> the family room completely eliminated the carrier. The peak in
> signal when turning the four element 10m yagi roughly occurred
> then the 10M beam was aligned with the TV yagi. When the 10M beam
> is 90 degrees to the TV antenna it's almost not there. We learn
> something everyday from this list even if we are not aware of it.
> Carry on.
> 73 Jim K4CGY
>
> Ten-Tec Jupiter
>
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