I think cable channel "E" is one of the usual culprits on the leaky coax. At 
least it used be when I lived on a street with cable TV. It is all DirecTV for 
me now.

Rick KH2DF

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On Jul 18, 2010, at 12:03 PM, "KB3FXI" <kb3...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> We had some very serious interference with a Pittsburgh repeater that was a 
> result of Cable TV leaks. Comcast made a valiant effort and actually found 
> some of the problem spots but it came back. I think it was CSPAN 2 audio, if 
> I recall correctly. In any case, we wound up having to switch pairs. 
> 
> I heard of one fellow with a similar problem but the cable company refused to 
> try to solve the problem. So he reversed the pair (what goes out can also go 
> in). Suddonly, I suppose, the cable company was getting picture and audio 
> complaints from their customers and SHAZAM... magically, the leaks were 
> quickly repaired.
> 
> You can have situations where nearby signals mix and cause interference on 
> the input, too. It was amazing to me that the noise problems we had got right 
> past the CTCSS.
> 
> -Dave, KB3FXI
> 
> --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Mike Liller <n7...@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I know this is a little of topic, but can anyone tell me what this noise 
> > is?  We 
> > are getting this interfeafence on one of our repaeters on the input 
> > (144.850) and whatever it is, it opens the PL (123.0) and floods the 
> > repeater.
> > 
> > 73 de Mike
> > N7NMS
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded Message ----
> > From: "Terry Bolinger, Jr." <wx3m.te...@...>
> > To: Mike Liller <n7...@...>
> > Sent: Fri, July 16, 2010 6:12:34 PM
> > Subject: 
> > 
> > sample attached
> >
> 
> 

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