W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) (04/30/85)
...The interference appears as a pulsing sound, approximately
one cycle per second, covers a wide range of frequencies (from
about 5MHz to 15MHz), and does not go away at any time of day. I
turned off all power to my apartment with the circuit breakers,
and yet the signal persists, indicating a neighbor is at fault.
I also brought the unit to a remote area to see that it was not
the radio itself.
Can somebody give me a reasonable way to find the neighbor that
is causing the interference? Should I bring the FCC in if I
can't resolve the problem?
Jeff, as you pointed out, this interference isn't within the DX400. I
doubt if it's any neighbor either. It sounds to me like interference
from Cable TV. There are some special signals on many cable systems
that have a 1 second pulse of some kind (you can hear it at the top of
the FM band and on some unused cable channels). A good outdoor
antenna should solve the problem. If not, get your cable TV people to
check for leakage.
--Keith <W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
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