Re: [OT] Locating source of FM radio interference

2006-02-17 Thread Michael ODonnell
It's also entirely possible that there is a pirate broadcaster - Heh. I'm pretty sure it's not a pirate broadcast station unlesss their demographic studies indicate there's a market segment that's fond of the sound of motor noise or arcs discharging. (And, yes - I realize that the former is

[OT] Locating source of FM radio interference

2006-02-17 Thread Bill Freeman
Michael ODonnell writes: Something near our house has recently started generating spectacular amounts of radio intereference that's most noticeable around 89MHz. I have no portable radio equipment of any kind except a humble little $10 handheld with a normal telescoping antenna

Re: [OT] Locating source of FM radio interference

2006-02-17 Thread Andrew W. Gaunt
A google search for 89MHz reveals below. Gotta wonder if a fellow geek in the area is hacking a linux box and leaving running in the open air (no case). :-\ Can you record the audio and make a wav file? Someone on this list might be able recognize the 'noise' and narrow the search for its

Re: [OT] Locating source of FM radio interference

2006-02-17 Thread Brian Chabot
Bill Freeman wrote: In either case, however, a strong enough (interfering) signal will give no audible change in response over a fairly broad range of signal strengths (unless it has an S meter). For work close to the source, then, you need a means of seriously attenuating the signal.

Re: [OT] Locating source of FM radio interference

2006-02-17 Thread Michael ODonnell
There is a technique that works without going to RadShack or the local supermarket for parts... Though, as has been pointed out, it works better for AM than FM... but it should work in FM. It's called Body Shielding. Your body can act as a shield. Tune the Beauty! I suspected that sort

Unkillable processes?

2006-02-17 Thread Dan Coutu
Okay, here's a strange one. On a Red Hat 9 system I've encountered a situation where there are two processes that I cannot kill when using kill -9 (or any other value, for that matter.) What's the deal with that? The only kind of process that I've ever run across that I could not kill was a

Re: Unkillable processes?

2006-02-17 Thread Neil Schelly
On Friday 17 February 2006 01:58 pm, Dan Coutu wrote: Okay, here's a strange one. On a Red Hat 9 system I've encountered a situation where there are two processes that I cannot kill when using kill -9 (or any other value, for that matter.) The processes could be in an IO Lock, maybe trying to

Re: Unkillable processes?

2006-02-17 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 02:35:15PM -0500, Neil Schelly wrote: On Friday 17 February 2006 01:58 pm, Dan Coutu wrote: Okay, here's a strange one. On a Red Hat 9 system I've encountered a situation where there are two processes that I cannot kill when using kill -9 (or any other value, for

Re: Unkillable processes?

2006-02-17 Thread Ben Scott
On 2/17/06, Dan Coutu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a Red Hat 9 system I've encountered a situation where there are two processes that I cannot kill when using kill -9 (or any other value, for that matter.) Do a ps aux and note their status. It's D, right? That means they're in

Re: Unkillable processes?

2006-02-17 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Friday 17 February 2006 1:58 pm, Dan Coutu wrote: Okay, here's a strange one. On a Red Hat 9 system I've encountered a situation where there are two processes that I cannot kill when using kill -9 (or any other value, for that matter.) What's the deal with that? The only kind of process

Re: Unkillable processes?

2006-02-17 Thread Dan Coutu
Ben Scott wrote: On 2/17/06, Dan Coutu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a Red Hat 9 system I've encountered a situation where there are two processes that I cannot kill when using kill -9 (or any other value, for that matter.) Do a ps aux and note their status. It's D, right? That

Re: Unkillable processes?

2006-02-17 Thread Ben Scott
On 2/17/06, Dan Coutu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm, the I/O wait seems likely. We've been having trouble with an IOMega REV 10 disk autoloader ever since we bought the thing. Yikes! I've never, ever encountered an IOMega product that didn't suck in some major way. No wonder it doesn't work.

Re: Unkillable processes?

2006-02-17 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Feb 17, 2006, at 15:55, Ben Scott wrote: 've never, ever encountered an IOMega product that didn't suck in some major way. No wonder it doesn't work. Hey, my first linux box ran off a 150MB Bernoulli drive hooked up to my soundblaster. That was before Iomega gave up on Bernoulli effect

Re: [OT] Locating source of FM radio interference

2006-02-17 Thread Bill Ricker
It's called Body Shielding. Your body can act as a shield. Tune the Yes. Advanced body shielding involves a secondary conductive shielf. You put the radio in Pringles can, or other deep open-top conductive case, antenna up, and using a lanyard (string) to pull up (and let gravity pull down)