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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - I hate it when my wife watches tv in the living room.

Posted: 2/26/2015 8:23:16 PM EDT

Damn Plasma giving me an S7 noise level.

I cant wait till I can afford to replace it.

Posted: 2/26/2015 8:31:24 PM EDT

[#1]

Her or the TV?

Posted: 2/26/2015 8:43:49 PM EDT

[#2]

I hate our TV too. It's not plasma, but it is loud.

Posted: 2/26/2015 8:56:51 PM EDT

[#3]

I made the mistake of mentioning to the wife that the low voltage DC lights in the dining room make so much noise I have to quit operating.

Now she uses it as a summons.

Posted: 2/26/2015 9:12:02 PM EDT

[#4]

It's always something. My washing machine is hell on 17 and 20 meters.

Posted: 2/27/2015 11:34:08 AM EDT

[#5]

have you tried some ferrite beads on the power cords to see if it helps the noise? never know, it might be worth a shot.

Posted: 2/27/2015 1:45:02 PM EDT

[#6]

Not yet, I am gonna ferrite the hell out of the house.

He fact that almost all of the lights are cfl doesn't help I guess

Posted: 2/27/2015 1:52:16 PM EDT

[#7]

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Not yet, I am gonna ferrite the hell out of the house.

He fact that almost all of the lights are cfl doesn't help I guess

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i havent noticed any noise on HF from our CFL's but then again, im hardly ever on HF anymore. my QTH has a shit ton of noise from the get so if there is any from them i dont notice it. LOL.

Posted: 2/27/2015 2:13:05 PM EDT

[#8]

I walked around my house the other day with an AM radio (tuned of station) and I have some work to do

Posted: 2/27/2015 2:38:41 PM EDT

[#9]

I'm planning the nuclear option this weekend. An extension cord from the fuse box outlet and shutting all breakers off.
Working one breaker at a time to figure out my noise issues. I know there will probably be an astounding number of wall warts is use.

Posted: 2/27/2015 7:46:00 PM EDT

[#10]

We disconnected cable TV a while ago. There is nothing to watch anyway. I used to like watching HD channels because they did not have as many commercials as on regular channels. Now it's just as bad. I don't want to pay to watch 10 minutes of a movie interrupted by 15 minutes of commercials and news full of communist propaganda. We only use the TV to watch Netflix couple of times per week.

I built my new shack 100 yards from the house for the same reasons you are experiencing. I can also run a legal limit amp without causing interference to any electronics in the house. The lights In the new shack use only incandescent bulbs. It's nice and quiet over here.

Posted: 2/27/2015 8:07:01 PM EDT

[#11]

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I'm planning the nuclear option this weekend. An extension cord from the fuse box outlet and shutting all breakers off.

Working one breaker at a time to figure out my noise issues. I know there will probably be an astounding number of wall warts is use.

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Let me suggest running a battery direct to the radio to take your "shack" equipment out of the equation.

Hell, I'd give you one if the shipping wasn't gonna be a bitch!

Posted: 3/1/2015 6:22:44 PM EDT

[#12]

What kind of battery would you suggest to power a 100W rig?

Posted: 3/1/2015 6:28:24 PM EDT

[#13]

deep cycle marine battery.

But he's talking about just to "listen" so you can find your noise, so even a 7Ah SLA would work.

Posted: 3/3/2015 1:11:17 PM EDT

[#14]

Plus the battery will protect you from lightning.

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