Tom,

Just because your phone and internet aren't affected by the RF, you can't 
rule out the possibility that RF gets into the TV via the cable.  Your phone 
and computer may just be better at rejecting it.  The only way you can be 
certain is, as someone else has suggested, to disconnect the cable from the 
TV and see if the problem persists.  You may also discover that the RF is 
getting into the TV via several paths.  Solving this will take lots of time 
and patience.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 13:41
Subject: Re: speaking of RFI! ...


>    Steve:
>
> That is my biggest fear, but what is is, I guess.
>
> The sad thing is that, due to the problems I had regarding this issue even
> barefoot with 100 watts, the XYL and I routinely unplug the TV whenever 
> I'm
> going to be on the air, but simply forgot yesterday.  Also, I have some
> great toroid cores that I could have put on the power cord to the TV, but
> who knows if they would have helped.  What's so weird is that I have all
> sorts of computer and other stuff much closer to the ham shack that 
> doesn't
> seem to care at all.  Go figure!
>
> Also, I have ruled out the possibility that the RF is getting into the TV
> through the cable, since we have cable internet, tv, and phone, and the
> internet and phone are not affected at all by my RF, even when using the
> amplifier.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:11 AM
> Subject: Re: speaking of RFI! ...
>
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> It sounds like your RFI problem is that the TV is picking up signal
>> radiating from your antenna.  You may have inadvertently fried something
>> in
>> the set which picked up the RF due to poor shielding within the set
>> itself.
>> Unfortunately, there's no simple answer to these kinds of problems.  You
>> could try some obvious things such as torroids on any cables connected to
>> the set, but even that may not be enough.  You might even want to call
>> Toshiba about this one, but my feeling is that something in the set
>> finally
>> gave up the ghost.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 09:25
>> Subject: speaking of RFI! ...
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>