If you are a ham, just say NO to plasma TV. Even if they have a generally successful shielding scheme, YOURS could just have one little defective connection whose only outcome is noise. Techs will never be able to fix it. You have to take it apart to work on it. Taking it apart disconnects the shielding.
And the other thing, if you insist on torturing yourself by buying plasma, get any guarantee IN WRITING, signed by someone in the store who has AUTHORITY. That Best Buy manager can be drop-kicked to another store or out of a job in a heartbeat. New guy, or someone from a different shift, and he's going to look in some book to see what he can do, and maybe won't do that. 73, Guy. On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Jim Bennett <w6...@mac.com> wrote: > This is only slightly off-topic, but since I do operate a K3, it still > fits - kinda! > > We have two plasma TV's in our home. One is a ten year old Sony 42 inch > unit. The other one is a two year old Samsung 63 inch TV. They are about 50 > feet from the shack, and only eight feet away from each other - two > different rooms. The Sony has never, ever caused any sort of QRN on any of > the ham bands. Because of that, we purchased the Samsung unit right after > moving into this QTH. I did not have an HF antenna installed for several > months after moving in - when I finally did get one put up, I saw some ugly > QRN on most of the HF bands. However, at the time I was not aware of the > "plasma effect" that I am now. When I heard the QRN, I "assumed" it to be > from the PG&E high power lines that are pretty close to the house. By the > time I put two & two together and figured out that the ugly noise was from > this Samsung TV, it was already out of warranty. Ughhh…. > > We are now in the market for another TV, and have been looking at a very > nice Panasonic 65" Plasma set, model TC-P65VT50. I've already told the Best > Buy sales manager that IF we do buy it and IF it causes QRN to the HF > bands, it is coming right back. He said that is no problem. But, if I can > query this group to see if anyone else has one of these TV's, I may be able > to avert a lot of work ahead of time. Our second choice would be an LED > set, but after seeing plasma and LED side by side, playing the exact same > content, I want to stay with plasma - BUT ONLY IF IT DOESN"T SCREW UP THE > K3!!! > > So, is there anyone in this group who has a Panasonic TC-P65VT50 TV who > can say yes or no to the QRN issue? > > Thanks, Jim / W6JHB > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
