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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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About 8 years ago when I was driving truck I ran a high output radio and linerer. It was mounted up top just under my cab lights. Everytime I keyed up (all lights were turned off) the cab lights would give off a low to med glow. Sounds like you might be getting the same effect. Try relocating some things and see what happens.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Ridin' Dirty
Just get a handfull of these things and slap them over any wires that you are getting trouble with stray rf and you will not have any more trouble.
http://www.radiodan.com/Henry/parts/RF_chokes.htm
Ha....I wish it was only just that easy sometimes...lol
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Ridin' Dirty
Dave didn't you ever use those things they are great! Slap them on and away goes the rf. I was doing 432 mhz moonbounce and running 6 meters into stacked yagis at the same time running a kilowatt on both bands. I have them on everything , they really work and during contests I would dish them out at the door to the neighbors like it was trick or treat. The guy 2 houses down has a TV antenna up too, I made him a little coax jumper with coax wrapped around one of the big round ones and a radio shack filter on the end, he never complained again. That guy with the disconnecting sway bar all he needs to do is wrap the wire around one of those snap together ones right before it hooks to the disconnector motor and it will stop.....
I'll give them a try, with 100 watts into an Imax 2k on 10m I have the "talk back" effect going on the TV speakers in the down stairs computer room.....of course the Imax 2k is a bleed stick anyway.....
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Ridin' Dirty
I bled everythnig in the house...even stuff that wasn't on, with bandpass filters on every band. The doorbell would ring, phones, garage door would open, computers would start typing by themselves. I put those things on everything. If you got seperate speakers from the tv, put them on the speaker cable right before they plug into them, wrap em around as much as you can they really work!!! I was cranking out so much rf on 432 it killed the trees next to the tower!!! Another ham told me I was screwing up his tv, when I turned the array towards his house...he lived 10 miles away haha! Those things took EVERY bit of it away.....
Let me know how you make out 73
Dave N3JFM
PS think I'm kidding about my station and it's capabilities? Read this....
http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/2003/JanVHF.pdf
Thanks for the help Dave its much appreciated, I'll give them a try....Forgot to mention I was running a Bencher YA1 and still got over on the TV speakers !!
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Ridin' Dirty
Dave didn't you ever use those things they are great! Slap them on and away goes the rf. I was doing 432 mhz moonbounce and running 6 meters into stacked yagis at the same time running a kilowatt on both bands. I have them on everything , they really work and during contests I would dish them out at the door to the neighbors like it was trick or treat. The guy 2 houses down has a TV antenna up too, I made him a little coax jumper with coax wrapped around one of the big round ones and a radio shack filter on the end, he never complained again. That guy with the disconnecting sway bar all he needs to do is wrap the wire around one of those snap together ones right before it hooks to the disconnector motor and it will stop.....
Oh yeah......I've used them quite a bit and have a few in the shack right now. And as far as the disconnect...that may be all he needs....and I hope so. I was just saying sometimes they don't "always" do the trick, as there can be a number of other factors involved, especially when it comes to mobile applications. It's surprising how even just moving your ground can sometimes make a difference........qsl? As we all know, RF can be a crazy and frustrating thing sometimes...lol
73....
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