Re: [IRCA] Victoria B.C. Cable system noise update -

[Hawkins <ng0g@xxxxxxxxx>]

Colin,

This will be very interesting. Enough twists and turns that it sounds 
like a Sherlock Holmes mystery. Cincinnati to Victoria BC. Can't wait to 
hear how this comes out. By any chance did this guy sound like Rod 
Serling? 8-)

Steve


On 10/12/12 6:40 PM, Colin Newell wrote:
> Hey radio people - I reported recently that (a month ago)
> I was shocked by the appearance of a very powerful broadband noise
> source in my normally quiet apartment building --
> 100khz to almost 200Mhz at levels up to -23dbm (that is around 30 to
> 50db over S9! Try DXing through that!)
>
> This QRN has effectively ended my DXing career at my current QTH
>
> Reported it to SHAW-Cable (via Twitter) this week
> and had a tech visit scheduled within a few hours.
> Oddly, I had a call from Ohio last night - an engineer
> from Cincinnati (which really surprised the tech) who was
> FCC certified (and allegedly works for SHAW) that was
> very interested in my trouble ticket... and was astounded by
> the numbers I was reporting...
>
> Anyhow - Had the tech in at 3:30 PM today.
>
> Shut the power off to the entire apartment and grabbed
> one of my transistor radios and demonstrated the issue.
>
> His jaw hit the ground when he noted the energy levels
> of radio-frequency noise that were emanating from
> the cable system.
>
> He apologized that he could not do anything at the moment
> and would have the maintenance team check it out starting
> on Monday.
>
> Will be interesting to see where this goes.


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