Speaking of plasma displays, does anyone know what the display type is for these new billboards I see popping up all over town here in the North Texas area that appear to be either LCD or plasma?
When I drive by them there is a lot of noise at HF and VHF and there is one about a mile from me that I can point toward with an 18 element Yagi-Uda on 2m and get a lot of noise. Looks like another BPL type of fight coming... 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE On Tue, 10 May 2011 18:19:01 -0700 (PDT), Al Lorona <alor...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >My next-door neighbor was probably one of the early adopters of plasma TV >several years ago. > >One night at bedtime I switched on the AM radio and was met by severe buzz all >over the dial. Not a single station was listenable. I could hear the buzz all >the way up to 10 meters. It only took me a few minutes to determine that it >was >coming from my neighbor's house. > >I informed him the next day. Lucky for me, he is the type of guy who can't >stand >the idea that a brand-new device of his is causing pollution-- he saw it as a >defect. And, of course, his own AM radios were affected, too. He had a >Panasonic >tech out there in a couple of days. I don't know what the tech did, but he >managed to reduce the noise by about 10 dB though he never eliminated it >entirely. I've had to live with it ever since. > >Since then I have said that the two things that have the most potential to >kill >HF ham radio are homeowners' associations and plasma TVs. > >Pray that your neighbors don't buy one of these evil devices. > >Al W6LX >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
