[TowerTalk] Weekend from hell

[Gene Smar]

In my previous home in the late 70s I installed a ten-meter 5/8 WL GP ( actually, a cut down CB antenna) on my back patio roof at about 12 feet AGL.  Soon  thereafter the neighbor down the street came by my house as I was returning from work and taking off my topcoat and complained about TVI.  I said, "Do you see that I haven't taken of my coat cuz I just got home from work?"  He said, "Oh.  Never mind."  And I never got another complaint from him again.

A coworker and fellow Ham (W3LPB SK) told me that he used to install his antennas but left the coax coiled up outside for a few weeks until the psychosomatic TVI dwindled down.  Smart man.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


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Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 8:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Weekend from hell


> ?Don't assume you caused the interference.  Twice in the past year I have had> neighbors (over 2000 ft away from my antennas) claim I was interfering with> their TV.  Both times I was out of the country...
    Good one. A local put up 50 or so feet of 25G with NOTHING on it and starting getting complaints - "You're sucking up my tv signal!"
Cheers,Steve     K7LXC
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