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>I live next to a Hospital, and am frequently getting interference (I think
>from the hospital- ambulances, etc) on Cable channel 21. The best part
>is, Channel 21 is the weather channel, and the interference only comes at
>the time when my local forecast is telling me something useful. As soon
>as the transmission stops, I can see which cold front from Manitoba is
>going through North Dakota.
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>Could leakage in my own house be letting that interference in? If not, I
>guess I oughta call the cable company and demand they fix it somewhere, but
>then I'd cause a lot of people with splitters, descramblers, etc to get caught
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>huh?
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>Scott Ferguson                        Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
>Project Engineer                      New Jersey
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>"Always bark at a dog."
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Cable channels 19, 20, and 21 are co-frequencies with narrow-band commercial
land use two way radios and a few other commercial radio users.  Any fault
in a cable system that allows leakage or 'signal egress' also allows 'signal
ingress' or the entry of interfering signals.  If you live near a major
airport, you might be able to intimidate your system into improving the
interference problems by mentioning the possibility of leaks in the neighbor-
hood.  However if your TV set RF section is poorly sheilded, the ingress
could be happening right at the back of your set...
Good luck...  Ted..