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Re: [TowerTalk] Weekend from hell

To: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Weekend from hell
From: john nistico <electric911inc@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:20:42 +0000
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Not sure what either device is just that it has speakers and both neighbors 
said they could hear my voice. Neither is in direct line of the inverted v and 
running 150 watts and the apex at 85ft not sure what the issue could possibly 
be.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 18, 2019, at 4:57 PM, K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us> wrote:
> 
> Wait! Unless I missed something, we don't even know whether this is a matter 
> of RF susceptibility at the neighbor's end, or something spurious from the 
> transmitter. Is the interference to a device which is not supposed to receive 
> radio signals at all, like an audio system? Is the device receiving the 
> interference one that the neighbor just got? There's just no point going any 
> further until that's sorted out.
> 
> 73,
> Scott K9MA
> 
> 
>> On 11/18/2019 13:41, john nistico wrote:
>> Only running 150 watts
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Nov 18, 2019, at 2:36 PM, Wes Attaway (N5WA) <wesattaway@bellsouth.net> 
>>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My previous suggestions accidently went only to John and did not go to the 
>>> list.  Here is what I sent a few minutes ago:  This is a repeat with one 
>>> additional idea tacked on at the end.
>>> 
>>> Check your connectors and grounds that are inside the shack.
>>> 
>>> Make sure you didn't accidently over-drive the amp.
>>> 
>>> Check your main ground connection to earth.
>>> 
>>> If nothing bad is found then start looking at the feedline and outside 
>>> connectors on your 80M antenna.  Depending on where the antenna is located, 
>>> make sure it hasn't somehow started bouncing up against a metal object like 
>>> a gutter.
>>> 
>>> Others on the list will probably come up with additional ideas.
>>> 
>>> One other idea I have is to bypass your amp and see what happens with lower 
>>> power.  Alternatively, you could leave the amp in line and reduce the amp's 
>>> power output to see if the interference stops at some lower power level.
>>> 
>>>   -------------------
>>> Wes Attaway (N5WA)
>>> (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
>>> Computer/Cellphone Forensics
>>> AttawayForensics.com
>>>   -------------------
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: john nistico [mailto:electric911inc@hotmail.com]
>>> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 12:33 PM
>>> To: Wes Attaway (N5WA)
>>> Cc: jimlux; towertalk@contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Weekend from hell
>>> 
>>> Two different neighbors
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 18, 2019, at 1:10 PM, Wes Attaway (N5WA) <wesattaway@bellsouth.net> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I was going on the language he used re "the neighborhood", which to me
>>>> implied more than one neighbor complained.  However, maybe it was just one
>>>> neighbor, as others have apparently assumed.  We will have to get more 
>>>> info.
>>>> 
>>>>  -------------------
>>>> Wes Attaway (N5WA)
>>>> (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
>>>> Computer/Cellphone Forensics
>>>> AttawayForensics.com
>>>>  -------------------
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>>>> jimlux
>>>> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 7:35 AM
>>>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Weekend from hell
>>>> 
>>>>>> On 11/18/19 5:27 AM, Wes Attaway (N5WA) wrote:
>>>>> What was the nature of the complaints?
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you haven't changed anything inside the shack then maybe something is
>>>>> loose or corroded outside.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>>>> john
>>>>> nistico
>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 7:21 AM
>>>>> To: towertalk
>>>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Weekend from hell
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nothing in my shack has changed the last 3 years but this weekend the
>>>>> neighborhood complained about 80 meters. Any suggestions what to look for?
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Someone putting in a grow light(s), new charger for electric bike,
>>>> scooter, or skate board.   i.e. not your station.
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
> -- 
> Scott  K9MA
> 
> k9ma@sdellington.us
> 
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