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Fraight_train_28
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Username: Fraight_train_28

Post Number: 4
Registered: 9-2011
Posted on Monday, October 10, 2011 - 8:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

why does my cb set up come across the AM FM radio on the other side of the house when im runig power and how can i stop this from happening it has got to the point i cant run no power becouse my father has to have that radio on to sleep.
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Dale
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Username: Dale

Post Number: 1764
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 12:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

curing that i find is very diffucult. unfourtantely only way i find is to turn off
stero and unplug it.
tips that may help
1]use quaility coax coppers 400 series
2]get some #8 bare copper wire [lowes] and a 9 foot ground rod connect one end to a mounting bolt of antenna and other to ground rod.
3] very simple check antenna connections make sure thier nice and tight.these may help not sure could use some info on excatly what ya got
and what mode ya using
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
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Jon666
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Username: Jon666

Post Number: 444
Registered: 11-2003


Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 5:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

get a low pass filter.
what don't kill you makes you stronger
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Tech237
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Username: Tech237

Post Number: 1478
Registered: 4-2004


Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 1:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Most stereo interference actually enters via the speaker cabling or by front-end overload.

If the stereo has antenna inputs for AM and FM a notch filter for just those bands at the input may help, but most front-end overload is due to poor shielding on the stereo.

Speaker lead input can usually be cured using shielded speaker leads, by wounding them into a common mode choke. I don't advise using a capacitive filer on speakers as this can cause some steroes to go into hypersonic oscillation and self-destruct.

So now some questions - what brand and type of AM/FM radio? if it is a cheap one you are probably out of luck, but if it is a name brand (Pioneer, Philips etc) you may be able to get information from them on how to protect the stereo better. Trust me, they have gone thru this before and have the information.

John - the low pass will only help on FM, and not at all if it is speakerl ead pick up.
Tech237
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Jon666
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Post Number: 445
Registered: 11-2003


Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 6:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

true. i was bleeding into my stereo.
i put a good low-pass filter and some ferrite snap on things i got on eBay and it stopped. just my 2 cents worth.
what don't kill you makes you stronger
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Keithinatlanta
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Username: Keithinatlanta

Post Number: 927
Registered: 3-2003
Posted on Friday, October 14, 2011 - 1:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Fraight Train 28, back in 1973, I lived in apartments in Denver. Had my Antenna Specialists super mag mounted on push up pole and due to height of third floor and pole, I was up in air about 60 feet I guess. Anyway, my Lafayette comstat 25 B would come across my neighbors stereo system and he had a good one to. If he was listening to his reel to reel, that is when it came across, not when listening to am/fm. Go figure. It would not record my signal, but it would come across if he had it on tape mode.

Keith in Atlanta
CEF 150

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