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Subject: [Amps] RF Interference
From: "Bob Maser" <bmaser@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:53:28 -0400
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This may be a little off target for this reflector but maybe someone can 
offer up some advice, and it IS RF interference from a RF amplifier so here 
goes.

When we moved into this home about 6 years ago the garage door opener went 
belly up in the first 3 months.  I immediately went down to Home Depot and 
caught a sale for a Genie Excelerator garage door opener.  It was neat 
because it goes up really fast and has all the whistles and bells.  About a 
month later I noticed that when I would go key down with the 3CX3000 amp it 
would freeze up the opener and in order to unfreeze it, all you had to do is 
trip the circuit breaker and reset it and all was well again.  Just talking 
on SSB never seemed to bother it.  It was a pain in the *** so I called the 
Genie folks and they sent me a replacement board.  The new board had the 
same problem.  At that point I started putting ferrite cores on the power 
cord and on the wires that go to the door button.  Nothing helped.  Next I 
built a cage out of 1/4" mesh and installed that around the whole motor/PC 
board unit.  This helped somewhat but it also made the wire antenna less 
sensitive so it would only activate the door when you got within 20' or so.

During all this time, I was having monthly phone conversations with the 
Genie "Tech Support".  They have logged 11 calls from me and they have just 
told yesterday me that  they can't help me and they suggest that I go out 
and buy another opener.

Has anyone else experienced this sort of problem and come up with solutions? 
FYI, the 115V that the opener is hooked up to is a dedicated line with no 
other circuits going any where into the house.  Just for kicks, I plugged it 
in to a wall circuit in our kitchen using a extension(with ground) and it 
still freezes up when the amp is being used.  Barefoot doesn't bother it at 
all.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

Bob Maser  W6TR 

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