You lot are all fairly lucky that you can even get a response from your regulator. Here in Australia our wonderful regulator ACMA (Australian Communications & Media Authority) does 3/5's of bugger all with almost everything to do with Amateur Radio, except for holding out their greedy little hands for the $64.00 a year that we have to pay in licence fees. I've had a complaint in with them now for almost 2 years about my various neighbours plasma TV's that has STILL not been actioned. The interference was so bad here that it used to cream the front of my FT847 big time, at least now that I have the K3 it is 'bareable' but for the most part nowadays it isnt a problem, most of the people have upgraded to LCD's with the exception of one couple, who are empty nesters and are rarely home to watch TV nowadays. (Thank god!) :)
73 de Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF Innisfail, QLD, Australia Elecraft K3 #4257 + KPA500 #???? + PR6 + K144XV = Multiband greatness! ----- Original Message ----- From: Stewart To: Jim Wiley ; Steve Ellington Cc: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Plasma TV Noise any ideas on how to filter it out. You guys in the States are lucky, the FCC listens and takes action. In the UK our "Regulator" Ofcom blames radio amateurs for having sensitive receivers, and as a consequence says it can do nothing to help... 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Tue, 10 May 2011 18:49:49 -0800, Jim Wiley wrote: > You guys are aware, I suppose, that interference of this level and > duration clearly qualifies as the type of interference that merits > direct FCC intervention. File a complaint. The resolution process will > take some time, but you will win in the end. The FCC has the power to > force your neighbor to stop using the interfering device. > > > But, remember the golden rule of interference: "If no one complains, > it's not interference". Unless you raise an official complaint, you > have no one but ourself to complain to. > > > One thing that works almost every time is this correct statement: > "Your TV is not supposed to radiate interference, but it clearly is. It > certainly is not supposed to transmit signals. That means it is > defective somehow. I have no idea what the defect could be but, your TV > _is_ an electrical device, and if it is defective who knows what could > happen. I hope it doesn't cause a fire!" Works best if mentioned > within earshot of the neighbors wife. > > > Good luck. > > > - Jim, KL7CC > > > Steve Ellington wrote: >> Same thing here but the neighbor is no help other than allowing me to buy >> them a new TV. Theirs is a Samsung 58" plasma. Forget using any kind of line >> filters. The noise is radiated from the SCREEN....straight out. >> After months of experimentation, the only cure has been the MFJ-1026 and it >> works magic! Having a K3 with LP-PAN or P3 makes adjustments easy. Otherwise >> it would be a real pain to tweak. >> You do need decent noise receiving antenna for the 1026. The K3 has the >> RX-IN/OUT jacks which allows to interface the 1026 with ease and retain your >> QSK without using the MFJ internal relay. >> Contact me for any further info. 73 >> >> Steve >> N4LQ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Al Lorona" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:19 PM >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Plasma TV Noise any ideas on how to filter it out. >> >> >> My next-door neighbor was probably one of the early adopters of plasma TV >> several years ago. >> >> One night at bedtime I switched on the AM radio and was met by severe buzz >> all >> over the dial. Not a single station was listenable. I could hear the buzz >> all >> the way up to 10 meters. It only took me a few minutes to determine that it >> was >> coming from my neighbor's house. >> >> I informed him the next day. Lucky for me, he is the type of guy who can't >> stand >> the idea that a brand-new device of his is causing pollution-- he saw it as >> a >> defect. And, of course, his own AM radios were affected, too. He had a >> Panasonic >> tech out there in a couple of days. I don't know what the tech did, but he >> managed to reduce the noise by about 10 dB though he never eliminated it >> entirely. I've had to live with it ever since. >> >> Since then I have said that the two things that have the most potential to >> kill >> HF ham radio are homeowners' associations and plasma TVs. >> >> Pray that your neighbors don't buy one of these evil devices. >> >> Al W6LX >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
