Hi GeorgeF,
Thanks for the info. Today has been fairly decent for reception, unlike
recently. I have been hunting for RAI Rome Italy without much success, and
R. Educacion Mexico City as well. Also, there used to be some brazilian
stations in 25 meters around 11.9xx - have you come across any such signals
where you are (where are you s) ? I live in the Puget Sound region
(Seattle). TNX
"GeorgeF" wrote in message
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ShortwaveMan wrote:

Hello,
I am hoping someone here has some concrete suggestions on how to solve a
vexing problem with my shortwave listening.

I live in an apartment complex which does not allow outside antennas. I
solved the problem by sticking pushpins in the wall around the window in
my
room and winding a hundred feet of insulated hookup wire around them. The
antenna is vertically oriented and facing north. The tv hum wipes out
everything in some bands, particularly in the range of 4.7 to 5.2 or so.
It
is worse than than the dsl interference. The place is wired for tv cable
and
dsl, although I don't have dsl S.

Replies gratefully received S.


You might want to consider buying a TimeWave ANC-4 unit (see URL:
http://www.timewave.com/)

These are great for electrical intference, computer interference and
many many types. I too at times run indoor ants for receiving and the
ANC units will kill most interference.

I also on the Ham Bands use a Yaesu FT-847 for HF and at times my 52"
RCA bigscreen will cause a few s-units of noise, again the ANC-4 will
take 100% of it out.

George - Daytona Beach, FL
http://www.MilAirComms.com

antenna is vertically oriented and facing north. The tv hum wipes out
everything in some bands, particularly in the range of 4.7 to 5.2 or so.

I doubt if this may help (it never did for me) but FWIW, try a high pass
filter
or two on the coax input to the TV(s).