Hi, all.

I don't know if putting a ground rod in will solve this problem, but the XYL 
and I have a very weird RFI issue that I'd like some feedback on.

This happened even before I got my Ameritron amplifier, when I was trying to 
tune up my Alpha Delta DXCC antenna on 80 meters and even certain other 
bands.

Specifically, sometimes, when I transmit, I disable our Toshiba TV, and have 
trouble getting it going again.  The TV is in another room, and on a 
completely different circuit than the ham set-up.

Yesterday evening, when we tried turning the TV on, we couldn't get anything 
at all to happen.  And, now, here's the really weird part:  the TV wasn't 
even on when I did the blind hams net and was using the amplifier.

Sometimes, if I play with it enough, I can get the TV to turn back on, but 
so far, no luck today!

My theory is that there's some sort of protective circuit in the TV that 
shuts things down when it senses the slightest bit of RF or something it 
doesn't like.

We scoured the manual for the TV, and can find no re-set button.

Any suggestions anyone has for trying to resurrect the TV would be 
appreciated.

I just hate to take it into some service center, and have them charge me an 
arm and a leg for something that may be fixable on this end.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ