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Ham or CB Antenna?
DES wrote:
What the hell, public forum or not, I need some help here, and this guy is giving legal users a bad name. You have not in any way proved that he is NOT a legal user. What I've gotten out of your posts a 1. He is having conversations using a radio. 2. Your stereo system picks them up. 3. You are annoyed by this. Anything else is in the end irrelevant. Since he is speaking to someone else, he is NOT broadcasting and may very well be operating legally. Since you have not said where you are, people have assumed that you are in the U.S. If that is not the case, this is the time to say where you are. I've approached the guy *several* times over the past few yrs and asked him very nicely to lower the boost/gain (whatever it's called) on his radio and he has complaied to a certain extent. That's very nice of him. If he is operating legally, then there is NOTHING that he MUST do, and he was trying to accomodate you. You were acting like a neighbor who calls the fire department everytime someone lights their barbeque. His broadcast were only coming through my stereo speakers during low passages at the time. How were they doing that? Do they come through with the stereo off? If they do it's a problem with the speakers and their wiring. If they don't, it's a problem with the stereo itself, YOUR antenna, or YOUR power wiring. As of a few months ago, it is now so bad, that his broadcast are now coming through my TV speakers, and causing horizontal lines in the picture. (on all four of my TV's) And it's so bad on my computer speakers now, that I have to turn them off. As far as listening to my stereo, I can't even do that now if he is broadcasting. Now we are getting somewhere. Are they connected to cable TV? Do you have an external antenna? So I approached him again, only this time, he told me to "F off", that "he wasn't doing anything illegal". I don't agree with the method, but the message is correct. If he is not doing anything illegal, it's your problem, not his. He's tried to make a reasonable accomodation (reducing power), but you've done nothing except complain more. When I got home, not only was the broadcast even louder, he was telling one of his radio buddies about the "incident" in FULL detail. So, I know for a FACT it is him. I know just need to know what kind of radio he is using. Most likely he is using a ham transmiter in the AM mode. These are quite rare nowadays, but are perfectly legal. If he were using FM mode it would sound like a loud continuous buzz, and if it were single side band, the more popular mode, it would sound like donald duck and you probably could not understand him. If he were using morse code, it would sound like buzzing that stops and starts quickly. He may be using a CB as many of them are AM, but generally they have a range of about 5-10 miles. Even with illegal power, due to global cooling (lack of sunspots), they won't reach far beyond line of sight for another 3-5 years. At this point if I were you, I would go knock on his door, appologize for the misunderstanding in the past and ask for him to either give you advice on what to do to resolve the problem or recommend someone to ask. My guess is as a start that YOU have an electrician come out and check the GROUND wire on your electrical system. Make sure YOUR main panel is in fact grounded and all the outlets you have are really grounded. Unless you have ISO-BAR (or better) surge protectors, throw them away. It's not a waste of good money, they are worthless trash anyway. After that unplug the antenna connections from all of your TV's and stereo system. Have him transmit a test signal. If they come through the TV's, or stereo, get power line filters. If no signal comes through the TV or stereo, and it starts when you reconnect the antenna, get a better antenna (shielded wire) connection with a proper ground and a "high pass" filter. Get good computer speakers anyway. Try USB ones instead of ones that plug into your sound card. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM |
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