[TenTec] Noisy RF Environment

[dennis o'connor]

The best way to test your house is to put the ham rig on a battery 
source and then pull the master breaker in the electric panel...  Lotsa 
guys are going to be amazed at the improvement...  Remember the CATV 
cable can leak RF also...  Get an F-connector termination resistor and 
use it to cap the CATV where it enters the house, for a test...

Any other ham gear, scanners, portable phones, etc., that have battery 
backup can be leaking rf...  Likewise laptop computers, and portable 
pacman games that every kid seems to have welded to his hands...  Also, 
on 2 meters, I about went nuts trying to track down a random carrier 
that bothered my radio off and on for months, I tried pulling the 
master breaker on the electrical panel, etc., until one day I 
accidently knocked the pager off my belt and the battery flew off... 
Suddenly there was blessed silence...

Denny

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