Be VERY careful about doing the work on someone else's property... there are liability issues! (If their TV catches on fire down the road, guess who they'll come after....)
Best bet is to offer suggestions such as Jeff posted, even offer to pay for the filters, but the bottom line is that it is 100% the responsibility of the owner of the interfering device to eliminate the interference or discontinue the use of the device, when interference occurs to a licensed service. Send 'em to the ARRL website: lots of good information for consumers there, and the FCC even directs people there! You might even want to print out the FCC warning letter that went out to the owner of a TV set that was interfering with the EPIRB satellite system recently. That oughta scare 'em into doing the right thing! George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413 -----Original Message----- >From: Jeff DePolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Mar 11, 2008 9:34 AM >To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater input getting interference FROM a TV? > >> Any Ideas how to stop the noise at the TV? >> >> Regards, N3EAQ > >The most direct solution is obvious: replace the TV. > >If that's not an option, try choking the coax/video and power cords going >into the TV with ferrites. Pick a mix that provides optimum attenuation at >VHF. You might also try disconnecting the coax or video/audio cables from >the TV and see if that changes the severity of the interference; might give >you a clue. > >If that doesn't seem to improve it, it's probably radiating through the TV's >plastic chassis. You can experiment with lining the inside of the cabinet >with EMI/RFI shielding foil or spray-on shielding products, but if you have >to go that far, and with the final results potentially still not being >acceptable, the direct solution first proposed above is probably the best >way to go... > > --- Jeff WN3A
