Comments on: Can Ham Radio Benefit Your Kids ? http://www.am1260wtjh.com/23/can-ham-radio-benefit-your-kids/ Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:16:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robert http://www.am1260wtjh.com/23/can-ham-radio-benefit-your-kids/#comment-4 Robert Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:16:08 +0000 http://www.am1260wtjh.com/?p=23#comment-4 jim is correct jim is correct

]]> By: B http://www.am1260wtjh.com/23/can-ham-radio-benefit-your-kids/#comment-3 B Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:44:08 +0000 http://www.am1260wtjh.com/?p=23#comment-3 the guy above answer is correct. hopefully you are friends with your neighbor, as long as the neighbors station is properly installed and grounded theres nothing you can do to him. if you pick up any single electronic devise especially tv's and phones there will be a FCC label that says... "this device may not cause any interference and it must accept any interference it may receive". so if your causing interference to him you are required by law to stop using the devise, if he's causing interference to you your sol. sounds crappy but ham radio was invented way b4 any electronic communication devise it was kind of the pathway for electronics now, most electronics of today use ham radio technology. new electronics are starting to interfere with ham radio so in respect to hams there are laws in place. the guy above answer is correct. hopefully you are friends with your neighbor, as long as the neighbors station is properly installed and grounded theres nothing you can do to him. if you pick up any single electronic devise especially tv’s and phones there will be a FCC label that says… “this device may not cause any interference and it must accept any interference it may receive”. so if your causing interference to him you are required by law to stop using the devise, if he’s causing interference to you your sol.

sounds crappy but ham radio was invented way b4 any electronic communication devise it was kind of the pathway for electronics now, most electronics of today use ham radio technology. new electronics are starting to interfere with ham radio so in respect to hams there are laws in place.

]]> By: Jim H http://www.am1260wtjh.com/23/can-ham-radio-benefit-your-kids/#comment-2 Jim H Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:23:52 +0000 http://www.am1260wtjh.com/?p=23#comment-2 Hopefully you are on good terms with you neighbor. Usually, a friendly call and cooperation with both parties (your neighbor *and* you) can result in locating the problem. If you are on cable, their may be a cable leak - which can cause problems in both directions. The leak might interfere with an amateur and, likewise, the amateur could cause problems with your reception. There are cable channels that are located on the *same* frequencies as some of the higher ham bands. If this turns up to be the case, the problem lies with the cable company and they will have to fix it. If the ham is on lower bands, a problem might be caused by (you aren't likely to believe this, but it's true) such things as corroded contacts between conductive gutter lines, old wires, and any number of similar problems. This is why it is essential to have mutual cooperation. A letter to the FCC will result in a letter to you explaining this (and more). Commercially manufactured amateur radios have very, very low emissions other than where they should have them. By the time you add an resonant antenna (or antenna brought into resonance with the aid of a tuner), there will be virtually no out-of-band transmissions. Trust me on this. Again, this doesn't mean the problem has to be in the televison - nor does it mean the transmitter is necessarily at fault. It could be rectification and resultant frequency multiplying at some bad junction between wires near your house. If it is only the audio that is being interfered with, their is the possibility of overload of the audio circuit by rf feeding in through external speaker wires. A friend of mine had this back around 1965. I went to the house to see how bad the interference was (it was *terrible*) and found speaker leads running around 30 feet to each speaker. This was about the exact length for a resonant antenna at the transmitted frequency (yep, it only was a problem on one band). A simple ferrite bead could clean this stuff up. That said, it is imperative that you not get all steamed up before you approach the neighbor. You will need technical expertise to try and resolve the problem. Good luck! Best regards, Jim Hopefully you are on good terms with you neighbor. Usually, a friendly call and cooperation with both parties (your neighbor *and* you) can result in locating the problem.

If you are on cable, their may be a cable leak – which can cause problems in both directions. The leak might interfere with an amateur and, likewise, the amateur could cause problems with your reception. There are cable channels that are located on the *same* frequencies as some of the higher ham bands. If this turns up to be the case, the problem lies with the cable company and they will have to fix it.

If the ham is on lower bands, a problem might be caused by (you aren’t likely to believe this, but it’s true) such things as corroded contacts between conductive gutter lines, old wires, and any number of similar problems. This is why it is essential to have mutual cooperation. A letter to the FCC will result in a letter to you explaining this (and more).

Commercially manufactured amateur radios have very, very low emissions other than where they should have them. By the time you add an resonant antenna (or antenna brought into resonance with the aid of a tuner), there will be virtually no out-of-band transmissions. Trust me on this.

Again, this doesn’t mean the problem has to be in the televison – nor does it mean the transmitter is necessarily at fault. It could be rectification and resultant frequency multiplying at some bad junction between wires near your house.

If it is only the audio that is being interfered with, their is the possibility of overload of the audio circuit by rf feeding in through external speaker wires. A friend of mine had this back around 1965. I went to the house to see how bad the interference was (it was *terrible*) and found speaker leads running around 30 feet to each speaker. This was about the exact length for a resonant antenna at the transmitted frequency (yep, it only was a problem on one band). A simple ferrite bead could clean this stuff up.

That said, it is imperative that you not get all steamed up before you approach the neighbor. You will need technical expertise to try and resolve the problem.

Good luck!

Best regards,
Jim

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