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Re: [TowerTalk] Weekend from hell

To: "Wes Attaway (N5WA)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Weekend from hell
From: john nistico <electric911inc@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:41:48 +0000
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Only running 150 watts

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 18, 2019, at 2:36 PM, Wes Attaway (N5WA) <wesattaway@bellsouth.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> My previous suggestions accidently went only to John and did not go to the 
> list.  Here is what I sent a few minutes ago:  This is a repeat with one 
> additional idea tacked on at the end.
> 
> Check your connectors and grounds that are inside the shack.
> 
> Make sure you didn't accidently over-drive the amp.
> 
> Check your main ground connection to earth.
> 
> If nothing bad is found then start looking at the feedline and outside 
> connectors on your 80M antenna.  Depending on where the antenna is located, 
> make sure it hasn't somehow started bouncing up against a metal object like a 
> gutter.
> 
> Others on the list will probably come up with additional ideas.
> 
> One other idea I have is to bypass your amp and see what happens with lower 
> power.  Alternatively, you could leave the amp in line and reduce the amp's 
> power output to see if the interference stops at some lower power level.    
> 
>   -------------------
> Wes Attaway (N5WA)
> (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
> Computer/Cellphone Forensics
> AttawayForensics.com
>   -------------------
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john nistico [mailto:electric911inc@hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 12:33 PM
> To: Wes Attaway (N5WA)
> Cc: jimlux; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Weekend from hell
> 
> Two different neighbors 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 18, 2019, at 1:10 PM, Wes Attaway (N5WA) <wesattaway@bellsouth.net> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I was going on the language he used re "the neighborhood", which to me
>> implied more than one neighbor complained.  However, maybe it was just one
>> neighbor, as others have apparently assumed.  We will have to get more info.
>> 
>>  -------------------
>> Wes Attaway (N5WA)
>> (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
>> Computer/Cellphone Forensics
>> AttawayForensics.com
>>  -------------------
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> jimlux
>> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 7:35 AM
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Weekend from hell
>> 
>>>> On 11/18/19 5:27 AM, Wes Attaway (N5WA) wrote:
>>> What was the nature of the complaints?
>>> 
>>> If you haven't changed anything inside the shack then maybe something is
>>> loose or corroded outside.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> john
>>> nistico
>>> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 7:21 AM
>>> To: towertalk
>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Weekend from hell
>>> 
>>> Nothing in my shack has changed the last 3 years but this weekend the
>>> neighborhood complained about 80 meters. Any suggestions what to look for?
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Someone putting in a grow light(s), new charger for electric bike, 
>> scooter, or skate board.   i.e. not your station.
>> 
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