Doug and Terry,
At the risk of being flamed (nothing new - I have my Nomex suit on), I'd
like to say that I sure wouldn't mind having that Sylvania TV. Considering
how much it is withstanding at frequencies other than 50 MHz, it is a
pretty good set, IMHO. Yes, compared to high end communication receivers,
lab instruments, and military radios, most TV sets are junk. However,
accepting that as a fact and trying to find out which ones are lesser
junk, there's the trick.
I suspect that there are two problems with 6m operation, both of which are
related to the fact that the TV is designed to receive RF starting at 54
MHz. No TV tuner that I know of is going to reject the kind of front end
overload that your set is getting when you are on 6m. Terry, you didn't
say which channels your XYL watches while ironing, but if she is watching
off-air local channels in the low VHF group (ch 2 thru 6), then the tuner
is getting hammered pretty good. It may benefit from a high pass filter
placed right at its input connector, but that filter better have a pretty
steep slope below 54 MHz to very useful. On the other hand, if she
watches cable or channels not in the VHF low group, then you may need more
shielding within the set, more effective by-passing on the external leads
(meaning ferrites + by-pass caps), or greater separation distance between
the antenna and TV set.
As for in-line filters, another good source (for me) has been MCM
Electronics, in Ohio. Google them and go to their CATV and Satellite TV
stuff. They carry a lot of commercial (as opposed to only consumer) grade
stuff. As for that HP filter at the TV input, I believe prior postings on
this reflector have talked about I.C.E. as a source. As I said, you'll
need a very steep filter slope to be useful if tuner front end overload is
the problem.
Please let us know what works.
73, Dale
WA9ENA
"Doug Grant" <k1dg@ix.netcom.com>
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Re: [RFI] TVI
> Here is the problem. TV on second floor. Tower is about 5 feet away, on
the
> other side of the wall. I have had TVI issues with this TV (Sylvania 32
inch
> color) on HF but have tamed it with toroids on the cable lead in and the
power
> cord. Even with the KW.
>
> On 50 mhz, with my 5 element yagi 30-50 feet above the TV, and the roof,
> depending on how high I have it cranked up, I take the TV sound
(primary) and
> picture (not so critical) out with 2 watts. This happens when the
antenna is
> pointed directly over the house. When the antenna is at right angles to
the house,
> no TVI, even with 100 watts. This is on all channels and with cable TV.
I have
> had new cable run, quad shield, with no improvement.
>
> I have added all kinds of toroids to both AC line and the cable with
only
> slight improvement. There is a seamless aluminum rain gutter, 30 feet
long,
> running along the roof a few feet above the TV. In the same direction as
the TVI.
> Grounding it has not helped.
While we have all discovered common-mode ingress (which is what toroids on
line cords and cable fix), don't forget good ole differential-mode
ingress. Insert even a dumb old Radio Shack High-pass filter in-line with
the coax. Just fixed my own TVI at my new vacation house that way.
Radio Shack does not appear to carry such filters nowadays (I had a few
old ones left over), but cable TV shops like Coast CATV Equipment Supply,
Inc. in Corona, CA 92880 Tel: (800) 800-2770 appear to carry suitable
filters. Check out http://www.coastcatvsupply.com/Pico/picomacom.htm
GL and 73,
Doug K1DG
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