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 wrote:
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Mike Terry
> Date: Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:44 AM
> Subject: [dxld] Are plasma TVs killing radio?
> To: DXLD
>
>
>
>
> 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...@...
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/12/plasma_tv_interference/
>
