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TopBand: Relatively narrowband QRN

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Subject: TopBand: Relatively narrowband QRN
From: jtolbert@gremlan.org (Jamie Tolbert)
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 08:49:34 -0500 (EST)
Keep in mind ANYTHING that is remote control (vcr,tv,coffemaker,stereos 
whatever) is always on even "when switched off". Most have switched mode 
power supplys providing power to the remote/standby circuit that switch 
to a different mode when triggerd by the i/r circuit.

> > 
> > I really appreciate the info on touchlamps.
> Me too.  I removed one and the noise level only dropped.  Looked some
> more and 
> found that my expensive console Zenith TV keeps some very noisy circuits
> active
> even when switched off.  Grrrrr.  That is the last one of those I'll
> ever buy!
> In the meantime, I unplug the #$%&@ thing every time I want to listen to
> my
> Sony 2010 upstairs.  The outdoor beams are far enough away from the
> noisemaker
> to be OK, but the integral anatenna on the Sony acts like a magnet for
> the
> garbage the Zenith is spewing out.
> 
> 73, Ken K4XL  grimm@sbc.edu
> 
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