Yes, please give us more information, including your call.
It does, however, sound like its just RF overload, which would not be
your fault. It can usually be fixed with ferrite cores on the long
wires, like speaker leads. I've had to do this in my own house, as well
as those of some of the neighbors. It's no big deal, unless the neighbor
is hostile. Try to avoid that.
An example: A few years ago a neighbor had one of those digital to
analog TV converter boxes, hooked to rabbit ears. He was right between
Europe and my antenna, and I could wipe it out with 10 W. Ferrite cores
on all the cables coming into that box completely solved the problem up
to 1500 W, and the neighbor was completely satisfied. He even gave me my
cores back when he got rid of that box.
Please collect some more information, and get back to us.
73,
Scott K9MA
On 11/18/2019 16:20, john nistico wrote:
Not sure what either device is just that it has speakers and both neighbors
said they could hear my voice. Neither is in direct line of the inverted v and
running 150 watts and the apex at 85ft not sure what the issue could possibly
be.
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 18, 2019, at 4:57 PM, K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us> wrote:
Wait! Unless I missed something, we don't even know whether this is a matter
of RF susceptibility at the neighbor's end, or something spurious from the
transmitter. Is the interference to a device which is not supposed to receive radio
signals at all, like an audio system? Is the device receiving the interference one
that the neighbor just got? There's just no point going any further until that's
sorted out.
73,
Scott K9MA
On 11/18/2019 13:41, john nistico wrote:
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.
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Wes Attaway (N5WA)
(318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
Computer/Cellphone Forensics
AttawayForensics.com
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-----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.
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Wes Attaway (N5WA)
(318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
Computer/Cellphone Forensics
AttawayForensics.com
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-----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?
--
Scott K9MA
k9ma@sdellington.us
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