[TowerTalk] Weekend from hell

[Wes Attaway (N5WA)]

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 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 12:33 PM
To: Wes Attaway (N5WA)
Cc: jimlux; towertalk at 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 at 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 at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> jimlux
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 7:35 AM
> To: towertalk at 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 at 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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