Obviously the Yanks aren't listening to BBC quite as much, but if it matters, my closest neighbors, about 1/4 mile (or 400m) away would make 30M unusable when their plasma TV was turned on. I have empirical data... My RF environmental noise is something to boast about until the plasma TV's come on.
Dave K7NG --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Andy obrien <k3uka...@...> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mike Terry <miketerr...@...> > Date: Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:44 AM > Subject: [dxld] Are plasma TVs killing radio? > To: DXLD <d...@yahoogroups.com> > > > > > The Register > Posted in Wireless by By Bill Ray > 12 August 2010 > > The Radio Society of Great Britain is asking anyone with a plasma TV to let > it know if they've had trouble getting BBC Radio 4 lately. > > The Radio Society of Great Britain represents the radio ham community, > though it sees itself as having a wider remit. When not organising > competitions to see who has the biggest beard can transmit a 10MHz signal > furthest, the RSGB tries to protect the interests of radio users of all > kinds by tracking possible causes of interference, which prompts its latest > appeal. > > Recently the interference effort has been focused on mains networking kit - > people running Ethernet signals over in-home electrical wires - but the > Society reckons that plasma TVs are another source of interference worthy of > greater attention. > > Anecdotal stories abound of plasmas putting out interference below 30MHz, > and even extending into the higher frequencies where commercial radio can be > found, but the Society is trying to cast a wider net to see if it's a > genuine problem. > > The plan is to make a presentation to CISPR (the International Special > Committee on Radio Interference) in the next few weeks if enough complaints > can be accumulated - so if you've got a plasma and you think it's plotting > against your radio, drop the RSGB a line at > plasma...@...<plasma.tv%40rsgb.org.uk> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/12/plasma_tv_interference/ >
