[RFI] The Cable TV issue

Gary Smith wa6fgi at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 2 14:33:30 EDT 2013


My Moto SB6121 has not made a peep since day one.

Charles: has yours gone on the fritiz?

Fwiw, from top to bottom light colors are: g,  b, b, g, flashing b, 
approx three pulse per/sec

Is located not quite 20 " from pro III

Gary...wa6fgi


On 9/2/2013 7:54 AM, dalej wrote:
> I just installed the SB6141 and have not noticed any problem with it.
>
> Dale, k9vuj
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> On 02, Sep 2013, at 9:44, Charlie Gallo <Charlie at TheGallos.com> wrote:
>
>> So, the tech came out today
>>
>> The voltage is gone (not the issue), and a loose ground block acting as a diode got rid of about 1/2 the signal, but then we were able to hear what was actually putting the initial RF buzz on the line
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>> My Motorola SURFboard SB6121 Cable Modem
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>> Just to let you know, this thing was putting out quite a bit of RF on the cable TV drop
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>> Now on to the next problem - On 80, there is a once ever 2 seconds (plus or minus, just counting Mississippi)  pules of noise - Bip, Bip, Bip.  2 S units at my antenna.  Problem of course is that the hand held can't hear it
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>> -- 
>> 73 de KG2V - Charles Gallo
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