Mike:

Well, you're right on the interference staying if I choose to do nothing 
about it, so, as you say, I will need to try to proceed deliberately, but 
tactfully.

Will keep everyone posted, because it's sure out there!

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Cozzolino" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 3:22 AM
Subject: Re: 10-meter interference problem now being narrowed down


> hello tom, the best way to approach these people is to knock on the
> door and introduce yourself and tell them you have picked up radio
> signals that appear to be coming from their house.  tell them that
> sometimes these noises can be the betinning of a fire.  so if they
> will let you make the tests you can try turning off the master switch
> and if the noise goes away you have proof that they are the
> source.  have the rcvr with you and let them hear the noise and they
> will see the noise go away when you turn off the power.  after you
> find the equipment that is causing the noise then you and the folks
> will have to come to some agreement as how to handle the
> problem.  just recently a friend had a very strange noise problem at
> his qth and he called the cable company and they sent out a fellow to
> see if there was a unterminated tv drop or a bootlegged hook up and
> they tracked it down to a house across the street from him and it
> turned out to be a stereo amp that was oscillating at a very high
> freq and generating all kinds of garbage on 50mhz.  they showed the
> folks the problem and they willingly elected to stop using the stereo
> audio amp.  but one thing is for sure, if you do nothing about it, it
> won't go away.  good luck tom c u 73 mike
>
>
>
> At 08:50 PM 12/10/2011, you wrote:
>>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
>