Hi all, Another Noob Here,
I am studying for my Tech level Ham, in the mean time I'm working on a receive issue in Sauk County near Baraboo.
I have three problems that I am facing just on reception.
T.V. Free broadcast Digital
Wireless Internet
all Scannable frequencies in my kitchen as well as one weird twist related.
The TV Broadcast is ok now with our 3rd NEW antenna, what happens is that around 5-8PM in the fall some Madison Channels will go out (Pixelated) - We have a local professional who works on this from time to time. We are not sure if its interference from the near by big rock (125-200 ft. above the ground level) issues from a very near by tower, or as I recently found out a General class HAM close by. (I can't hear his broadcast. _ only list this problem as it may help be a determining factor. I cannot find any filters in the feed line but I can't get on the roof to look up higher.
The wireless internet, This is kind of the companies problem, as well as where its mounted the little box antenna with cat-5 can see the "repeater" tower mounted on a silo near by but it may just be receiving problem because it shoots between two metal buildings about 2-3' apart - Once again, Just noted as potential indicator.
My biggest problem and why I am writing this is this. My kitchen blocks ALL VHF and severely messes up UHF from time to time. We have tried two different scanners but very little difference. Here's where it gets spooky and why I'm concerned. If I walk through scanning for the local 2 meter and 70 centimeter repeaters, my portable scanner will lock onto one of two repeater outputs ( I forgot which frequencies) but it will just be noise, it will also freeze on the 155.7 Police frequency with solid noise. Now a first thought was just throw up a Discone and be done with it, but even weirder the kitchen TV will pixelate when a person stand in a certain spot in the kitchen. The spot is coincidently about 10' from the feed line. I sad spooky.
Now, Like I said there is a Tower near by (less than a mile and I can see it), I assume its a repeater for the local municipalities as it's owned by TV6-HC Towers, LLC. I don't know for sure. So when the system was upgraded to the new FCC mandate last year, this stuff started happening. However, both scanners will work outside but will indicate knife edge when I walk to where the scanner once sat in the kitchen (on the outside). So we were convinced that the yet to be installed discone would help the problem, but this still doesn't explain the problem with where a person stands in the kitchen.
I thought maybe some RFI or EMI in the house or something with the Aluminum siding. I busted out my little am radio and started searching. I hear a heavy buzz at the power supply to the house, I hope that's normal, it quieter when I follow the water lines and wires in the basement, It disappears at all the sinks and some of the protected outlets except for by the kitchen sink and window. The kitchen window screen acts like a buzzing beacon as well as the surrounding siding outside. My biggest concern is do I have stray voltage somewhere? I can not pick this signal up heavy anywhere else. I certainly don't want a fire. Nobody has been shocked as I am aware of.
The window faces west but there is another 90 degreed wall to the next west wall, that other west wall only has buzzing near where the outlets are and a faint RFI from the living room television.
I'm half tempted to run a ground rod and sheet metal screws into that aluminum siding by that wall, but I'm still concerned about stray voltage or some other threat.
Any ideas on what to look for?
I am studying for my Tech level Ham, in the mean time I'm working on a receive issue in Sauk County near Baraboo.
I have three problems that I am facing just on reception.
T.V. Free broadcast Digital
Wireless Internet
all Scannable frequencies in my kitchen as well as one weird twist related.
The TV Broadcast is ok now with our 3rd NEW antenna, what happens is that around 5-8PM in the fall some Madison Channels will go out (Pixelated) - We have a local professional who works on this from time to time. We are not sure if its interference from the near by big rock (125-200 ft. above the ground level) issues from a very near by tower, or as I recently found out a General class HAM close by. (I can't hear his broadcast. _ only list this problem as it may help be a determining factor. I cannot find any filters in the feed line but I can't get on the roof to look up higher.
The wireless internet, This is kind of the companies problem, as well as where its mounted the little box antenna with cat-5 can see the "repeater" tower mounted on a silo near by but it may just be receiving problem because it shoots between two metal buildings about 2-3' apart - Once again, Just noted as potential indicator.
My biggest problem and why I am writing this is this. My kitchen blocks ALL VHF and severely messes up UHF from time to time. We have tried two different scanners but very little difference. Here's where it gets spooky and why I'm concerned. If I walk through scanning for the local 2 meter and 70 centimeter repeaters, my portable scanner will lock onto one of two repeater outputs ( I forgot which frequencies) but it will just be noise, it will also freeze on the 155.7 Police frequency with solid noise. Now a first thought was just throw up a Discone and be done with it, but even weirder the kitchen TV will pixelate when a person stand in a certain spot in the kitchen. The spot is coincidently about 10' from the feed line. I sad spooky.
Now, Like I said there is a Tower near by (less than a mile and I can see it), I assume its a repeater for the local municipalities as it's owned by TV6-HC Towers, LLC. I don't know for sure. So when the system was upgraded to the new FCC mandate last year, this stuff started happening. However, both scanners will work outside but will indicate knife edge when I walk to where the scanner once sat in the kitchen (on the outside). So we were convinced that the yet to be installed discone would help the problem, but this still doesn't explain the problem with where a person stands in the kitchen.
I thought maybe some RFI or EMI in the house or something with the Aluminum siding. I busted out my little am radio and started searching. I hear a heavy buzz at the power supply to the house, I hope that's normal, it quieter when I follow the water lines and wires in the basement, It disappears at all the sinks and some of the protected outlets except for by the kitchen sink and window. The kitchen window screen acts like a buzzing beacon as well as the surrounding siding outside. My biggest concern is do I have stray voltage somewhere? I can not pick this signal up heavy anywhere else. I certainly don't want a fire. Nobody has been shocked as I am aware of.
The window faces west but there is another 90 degreed wall to the next west wall, that other west wall only has buzzing near where the outlets are and a faint RFI from the living room television.
I'm half tempted to run a ground rod and sheet metal screws into that aluminum siding by that wall, but I'm still concerned about stray voltage or some other threat.
Any ideas on what to look for?
