Guys: One reason that you're getting the pickup is that the RF signal is inductively coupling in via the wires. A common solution is to wrap the wires through a donut ferrite core several times. Radio Shack has some cores, and some more expensive device to reduce RFI.
Here's an article that might help... http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/rficomp.html Here's another: http://dayton.akorn.net/pipermail/rfi/2000-December/000731.html Good luck. Jonathan Kramer, W6JLK www.CableTV.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Lurie Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Radio Station Signal Interference i have had the same problem with computer speakers and over the phone never have been able to get rid of it. this is in culver city near culver blvd and overland probably the same station. On Wednesday, December 10, 2003, at 12:41 AM, mallen wrote: > Hello, this is off topic to a certain degree, but it seems like > someone on this group might know about this. > > The space that I work on electronics in I get a strong audio signal > over the powerline from a radio station. The station is in Spanish and > the frequency is around 1600 khz. If something is plugged into the > wall outlet with a speaker on it, you can pretty much bet that the > radio station is going to be heard quite loudly. I've asked other > people in the building and they have the same problem. I'm located > near downtown Los Angeles (Echo Park, specifically near Sunset and > Alvarado). > > I can get the same problem even with battery powered circuits, but > it's much worse when connected to the mains > > Is there anything that can be done about this? Who's problem is this - > mine, the power company, the building owner, the radio station, god, > fcc? > > any advice or information on this welcome, I know very little about > radio. > > thanks, > > mark allen > > Sincerely, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LaWirelessWeb.com www.scottsmarineservices.com www.boat-parts.net www.boatparts.us
