TV interference (OT)

I am getting video electrical interference on all my tv channels and the sound is like that given of by a geiger counter.How do you correct it?

I had some of that crap bothering my tv and I traced it to a remote controlled skylight that the neighbors across the road had installed...after I shut off every electrical system I had checking to see if it was something I had going bad.

Well, the neighbors knew it was their baby cause I asked them to turn their tv on and I checked it from the front door of their house...and it was worse than mine. (I should mention that he mistreated a dog and I offered to punch him in the nose before this.) So, he must have thought this would get him even for the previous mishap.

But, anyhow, to get to the point...his wife came up with breast cancer and they split and left the house in bankruptcy and unlocked. I being a Ham took the handheld 2 meter rig and had someone here on the base radio (late at night)and I turned off every circuit in their electrical box till I found the circuit making all the noise. It went down a piece of 4" plastic pipe...I reached as far as my arm would reach and whacked them off. And the new owners (an older couple)don't know anything about it...and our little world is back to normal. Would any of you fellows call me a bad neighbor? Or just someone who can get the job done...smile.

Since then, I have become a christian and my conscience is bothering me somewhat...and I'm getting married (at 67) in about a week....and don't want that crap to be here for the new wife or the new neighbors. I'm open for any and all your comments. ohfred

Congratulations on becoming added to the Lord's Church and on getting married.

You could explain what you did and offer to help them rewire the circuit correctly if they need it operational.

A cellphone close to the TV can cause some aggravating interference.

go ahead and get your digital converter installed, it will eliminate it.

I like the way you think and act.

Doc....in reply to your good intentions, that would be a good idea but the thing is controlled with an RF signal from a remote control and apparently they have tried adjusting the frequency cause it is putting out all kinds of harmonics and actually blanks a tv completely out close aboard and made mine lose most vhf channels around 60 feet away. I think it needs a factory tech to go through it...probably with a frequency counter...they might have even taken a shield off knowing how they seemed to operate. Anyhow, I know what it did and I'm not qualified to align it...and it's been approximately five years now and the thing is probably obsolete by now. The couple that live there now are wonderful. It bothers me but, I think I'll let the sleeping dog lay. I guess I just hoped everyone wouldn't call me a bad neighbor for taking care of it the way I did. My vent is done...thanks for the comments. ohfred