I’m experiencing some strong interference across the 6 meter band which
I believe is coming from a local (within 40 miles) TV channel 2.

George-

What is the nature of your interference, and what type of equipment are you
using? Can you observe anything in the interference that can be corelated to
audio or video activity on the TV channel?

I live about that distance from a channel 2 TV station. Although I don't have
a beam, I have never had any trouble that could be blamed on the TV station.
In addition to SSB, I operate on several FM repeaters with output as high as
53.330 MHz.

I have used a Kenwood TS-670, TS-690 and Icom IC-706, both mobile and at home
with a dipole. Their front ends and IF filters seem to be quite adequate to
reduce the TV signal, even when driving closer to the station.

The only problems other than from occasional power line noise, has been when
driving past establishments with computerized cash registers or test equipment.
Once I received interference from an experimental radar system that overloaded
the front end of the IC-706. It generated intermodulation spurs about every
KHz, corresponding to a pulse repitition rate of 1000 pps. In all cases, the
interference subsided after driving away from the source.

73, Fred, K4DII