Hmm, I have a similar problem here. My room mate Don who lives downstairs
gets to hear me on everything with a speaker. And none of my phones or
radios have trouble.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 7:25 AM
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
>
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