Time to end the OT Plasma thread to keep list signal to noise under control.
Thread Summary: Plasma TVs = Bad Interference ;-) [end of Thread] 73, Eric List moderator --- www.elecraft.com On 9/10/2012 3:27 PM, Stewart wrote: > Experiences in the UK and across Europe are that Panasonic Viera Plasma TV's > are particularly bad at causing interference to the radio spectrum. > > There are more energy efficient and pollution free alternatives available. > > 73 > Stewart G3RXQ > On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:57:11 -0700, Jim Bennett 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
