Re: [Elecraft] Suggestion re dealing with Xfinity and similar

On 10/20/2021 5:19 PM, Steve Stutman wrote: Write a certified letter, return receipt requested, to the CEO or president of the involved entity and cc: via the same method to head of your Public Utilities Commission, or whatever you have in 6, as suggested by Ken. Eric -- Before you do that,

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Circa 1958:  Neighbor and TV Repairman came to my parent's door ... "Your son's ham radio is interfering with my TV.  Dad: "Our son has been away at college for 2 years and his radio equipment is packed up in the closet."  Long pause ... then TV guy, "Well his wire antenna is still up there

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

When I put my tower up 25 yrs ago my next door neighbor complained of interference. I went over to his house to watch for TVI while a ham friend was at my house keying the transmitter. Suddenly a window started vibrating causing a buzzing sound. He said “See, SEE!”. Just then his wife calls out

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Is it true that, at a certain power level (left as an exercise for the reader), one can cauterize pesky coax nodes? Wayne __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Eric, I'm skeptical. Did you receive anything in writing or see a letter from Comcast stating this? It sounds more like the Comcast tech taking it on himself to say you are being banned. I would call their customer service and check the status of your account, get something in writing if it's

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

I guess hooking up the KPA500 right to your Xfinity Coax and doing automated FT8 on 20M would not be the best thing to do. :) Sorry, I couldn't resist. And, seriously, if it was me, I would head to the main local office if you can. find the manager or owner and request him to show the data that

[Elecraft] Suggestion re dealing with Xfinity and similar

Hi, When needing to get a result from anything publicly regulated, consider using something other than the interwebs or 800 number. K6MR points in the right direction. Specifically: Write a certified letter, return receipt requested, to the CEO or president of the involved entity and cc: via

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

I would also suggest posting this on the RFI reflector.73,Gary K9GS Original message From: Gary K9GS Date: 10/20/21 7:55 PM (GMT-05:00) To: eric norris , Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS Hi Eric,Xfinity is a

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Hi Eric,Xfinity is a closed system.  If your amateur radio operations are causing problems it is their problem to fix.That said, a non ham friend back in WI has been having recurring outages on his Spectrum system.  Technicians have been out to his house several times and they acknowledge that

Re: [Elecraft] Powering KX3 from Bioenno charger with battery in between

Yes that does work. On Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 18:33 Julia Tuttle wrote: > The charger I have doesn't seem to exhibit that behavior, but I can see how > others might -- it would look to the charger as if the battery magically > jumped backwards in state of charge. > > Can I trust something like the

Re: [Elecraft] Powering KX3 from Bioenno charger with battery in between

The charger I have doesn't seem to exhibit that behavior, but I can see how others might -- it would look to the charger as if the battery magically jumped backwards in state of charge. Can I trust something like the Epic PWRgate to handle simultaneously charging the battery and running the radio

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Re: [Elecraft] Powering KX3 from Bioenno charger with battery in between

The charger needs to see the quiescent current draw of the battery as it is following it's constant current and constant voltage charge curve. Having designed Li chargers I can tell you that if deviation from expected current in the CV part of the charge curve will cause the charger logic to

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

This is rather interesting. Last year my local borough contacted me about my antenna support. It is 30 feet high and is my end support for my EFHW. I was asked when did I install the pipe? I said 15 years ago, why? I was promptly told that the boroughs 1.2 GHz comm link between the pump house and

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

When I fired up my first transmitter as a novice (a DX-20!), little did I know it was leaking into a break in the coax cable in the attic. I found out two days later when a ham I'd never met copied my callsign off his TV. He looked me up in the callbook (I was a few blocks from his place),

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

I had a ham friend who went through a similar situation with Charter - now Spectrum. He called the state's public service commission to lodge a complaint against Charter. Long story short, the public service commission sent a representative out in the field and they had the ham radio guy

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Sounds like the typical "I'm having trouble with X, and so-and-so has antennas, so it must be those antennas making X fail. They have to get rid of those antennas!" I second that there's no way that the antennas by themselves, with no signal being put through them, can somehow cause problems with

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Hi Eric, There is a reason that Xfinity is the most hated corporation in America. I had a similar problem with them. What all the other commenters are telling you is true; legally you are in the right. However, good luck on making your legal rights stick. Your only practical solution is to

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Hi Eric, The problem is clearly in their system and/or customer-connected equipment. The most likely causes are 1) badly installed coax connectors; 2) customer-installed tap-offs; 3) Pin-One Problems in Comcast and/or customer-equipment; 4) modems and/or routers with poor RF rejection. I

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

On 2021-10-20 2:21 p.m., eric norris via Elecraft wrote: Xfinity, our internet provider, showed up at 7:30am this morning, to explain to the XYL that we were being cut off for good because my amateur radio activities had caused wide area outages.[snip] They told her the antennas

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Unbelievable Ignorance run a muck! Be sure to keep us notified on your progress! On a separate note, on People’s Court (TV show), two hams were fighting over a SteppIR that was sold at a flea market- long story but it came down to buyer beware and sold as is rule was the conclusion.

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Maybe you could get another ISP? ATT might serve your neighborhood. Or Sonic. I had Sonic for many years. Their speed sucks, but they are reliable. - Jerry KF6VB On 2021-10-20 11:21, eric norris via Elecraft wrote: Dear Gang: Xfinity, our internet provider, showed up at

[Elecraft] KPA 500

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Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Or, you sign up with T-Mobile for $50 monthly all in; gear supplied; and once in tell Infinity Foxtrot Oscar. Ed McCann AG6CX Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 20, 2021, at 12:07 PM, David Gilbert wrote: > >  > First off, there is no way that your antennas alone can passively trash > Xfinity's

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Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

First off, there is no way that your antennas alone can passively trash Xfinity's internet network.  Whoever told you that is an idiot. Secondly, you could offer to do some testing with Xfinity in attendance to verify whether or not your transmissions were causing a problem.  I have a small

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

We just switched to getting internet through T-Mobile, a cell phone connection. It's a hotspot, but fairly large and more capable than the little dongles. Not blazingly fast, but good, and reasonably priced. Peter W0LLN On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 1:22 PM eric norris via Elecraft <

Re: [Elecraft] Powering KX3 from Bioenno charger with battery in between

Hi Hal, Thanks for the advice. I believe the battery has a BMS that will cut off the output if the power draw is too high -- is that sufficient? If not, can I trust the fusing on a RIGrunner port, or should I get a proper inline fuse holder that covers both conductors? 73, Julie On Tue, Oct

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

I’d start with the Public Utilities Commission. I had good response from them when dealing with PG I ‘think’ cable companies are under their jurisdiction, but if not they can probably tell you who does deal with them. Ken K6MR From: eric norris via Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Yeah, I'm kinda surprised myself that they did anything on the ham bands at all; I would have expected them to stay out of anything that could interfere with us. For instance, I just logged into my Spectrum-provided cable modem and the closest they seem to get to the ham bands around here is

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Wow! Doesn't seem to make sense... so they believe that by shutting down your home internet that you will stop operating your station which allegedly is causing the interference? Or do they believe that by the sheer fact that Xfinity is connected to your home that your station is causing

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Eric - Xfinity is also my provider. I have never heard of such a thing... and I had no idea they did anything down at 14 mHz. I would call the ARRL directly and ask for suggestions on how to proceed. I would also call Xfinity customer service and ask for justification. My guess is that like most

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Give the legal folks at ARRL a call. John WA1EAZ > On Oct 20, 2021, at 2:21 PM, eric norris via Elecraft > wrote: > > Dear Gang: > Xfinity, our internet provider, showed up at 7:30am this morning, to explain > to the XYL that we were being cut off for good because my amateur radio >

Re: [Elecraft] K3 NB Info

One simple rule ... Never use any form of noise reduction on digital signals. Period. 73 Lyn, W0LEN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 8:25 AM To:

Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Cameras? Any ID card from him? Intolerable from any company, let alone your provider. -73- FrankKG9H kg9hfr...@gmail.com > On Oct 20, 2021, at 1:21 PM, eric norris via Elecraft > wrote: > > Dear Gang: > Xfinity, our internet provider, showed up at 7:30am this morning, to explain >

[Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Dear Gang: Xfinity, our internet provider, showed up at 7:30am this morning, to explain to the XYL that we were being cut off for good because my amateur radio activities had caused wide area outages.  Oddly, these wide area outages did not include my own house.  They told her the antennas

Re: [Elecraft] K3 NB Info

Ed, I have tried for a few years to come up with a good setting for the NB that does not degrade FT8 performance. If you find one, please share it. It seems that any combination of settings I use, reduces the FT8 decode ability greatly for low level signals. The net is a minus in decoding