Elecraft K3 Owners on Oahu, Hawaii

[Anndel]

Aloha,

 

Are there any elecraft K3 owners on Oahu that's willing to share with me
your "noise level, hi" that is, let me listen to the radio, especially when
a plasma TV is on nearby.  I'm trying to determine if it will reduce Plasma
TV RFI more than my Icom 7600 does.  The plasma TV sits about 8 feet from my
radio and in tracing this horrible noise on 7.190 MHz, I found it was my TV.
My wife and son watches this TV when the Triple H Net comes on at 9:00 PM
HST (0700 UTC).

 

Mahalo and 73,

 

Delwyn KH6DC

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[Jim Brown-10]

On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:56:22 -1000, Anna & Delwyn wrote:

>I'm trying to determine if it will reduce Plasma
>TV RFI more than my Icom 7600 does.  The plasma TV sits about 8 feet from my
>radio and in tracing this horrible noise on 7.190 MHz,

The cures for RFI from a plasma TV are 1) turn it off; or 2) replace it with
an LCD.

73, Jim Brown K9YC



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[Guy, K2AV]

Any ham who purchases a plasma TV because it is cheap, will spend far
more in the agony of trying to cope with the noise.

You can try to ferrite the cables coming out, but plasma TV's seem to
be able to radiate interference directly from the set.

The nearness of the TV to your radio should not matter if all the
leads into the K3 are properly shielded.  Your antenna is likely the
means of reception.  If you keep the noise when you switch off your
antenna, then you are getting pickup from on the K3's connecting leads
and can likely do something about that.  Since the plasma TV is so
close, "grounding" is not likely to help too much, as the TV can
directly induce noise on the conductor to the actual ground, defeating
a method that might work on a source farther away.

Since the Plasma is in a particular spot, you may have success using
something like the MFJ noise canceler.

73, Guy.

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Jim Brown <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:56:22 -1000, Anna & Delwyn wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to determine if it will reduce Plasma
>>TV RFI more than my Icom 7600 does.  The plasma TV sits about 8 feet from my
>>radio and in tracing this horrible noise on 7.190 MHz,
>
> The cures for RFI from a plasma TV are 1) turn it off; or 2) replace it with
> an LCD.
>
> 73, Jim Brown K9YC
>
>
>
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