Hi Tom,

I would follow the advice of taking the portable with you and introducing
yourself to them.  You might explain that the interference could possibly
indicate they have a faulty device that could be costing them power or
getting ready to fail.  Have them turn off one breaker at a time until the
noise goes away.  Then, they could disconnect devices in the area identified
until the noise goes away again.  If the device is something reasonably
inexpensive, you might even offer to pay part of the expense of replacement
or they may be very willing to do it themselves.

Good luck with this and very 73. 


 
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX
 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 05:54
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Subject: Re: 10-meter interference problem now being narrowed down

    You just never know what you will find, do you!  (grin)

73 de KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: 10-meter interference problem now being narrowed down


> Well here is what I have done before.  I have gone to the house with a
> radio.  Then I introduce myself and try to decide in myself if they are
> reachable.  If so I talk to them about short wave radio and Amateur radio.
> Then I let them hear the noise on my radio and explain when it started.
> Then I ask them if I could be of help to stop the noise but not the 
> activedy
> around it.  That has worked well here except for when I found a grow 
> house.
> They didn't like me at all and they got really mad at me and my Guide dog.
> They got so loud that their next door neighbors called the Police.  I 
> didn't
> get in trouble, but the poor people got busted because their operation was
> not legal.  That is the only time I have had trouble looking for noise. 
> One
> time a neighbor of mine insisted that I was causing interference on his TV
> only to find that it was a controller of some kind that was connected to 
> his
> fish tank.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 9:50 PM
> Subject: 10-meter interference problem now being narrowed down
>
>
>> Hi, everyone.
>>
>> It's me with one more report for the day.
>>
>> This morning, two ham friends and I tried to track down my anoying
>> interference problem on 10 meters, and here's what we found:
>>
>> 1.  After extensive investigation, we determined that the interference
>> problem is not in the home QTH.  Nothing changed when all of the circuit
>> breakers were systematically turned on and off.
>>
>> However, when we took a walk outside with a receiver and directional
>> antenna, we were actually able to pinpoint the interference to a house
>> that
>> is about half a block away from where I live.
>>
>> The question now, is how do we deal with it?  We don't really know the
>> involved people, so I'm trying to figure out the best way to approach 
>> them
>> without them getting offended or intimmodated.
>>
>> Will keep everyone posted.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>