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PRACTICAL CIRCUITS · Symptoms, causes, and cures of common transmitter and receiver problems: overload and overdrive, distortion, interference and consumer electronics, RF feedback

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What should be the first step to resolve non-fiber optic cable TV interference caused by your amateur radio transmission?

  1. AAdd a low-pass filter to the TV antenna input
  2. BAdd a high-pass filter to the TV antenna input
  3. CAdd a preamplifier to the TV antenna input
  4. DBe sure all TV feed line coaxial connectors are installed properly
Why Cable TV is a sealed, shielded system: signals are supposed to stay inside the coax. If your transmitter gets into it, the cable's shielding has been compromised somewhere, and loose, corroded or poorly installed F connectors are the most common leak point. Tightening or replacing the connectors restores the shield and usually cures the problem at its source, so that is the first thing to check before adding any filters.
Watch out A high-pass filter on the TV input is a classic cure for HF energy entering an over-the-air TV receiver, but it does nothing about RF leaking into a cable system through bad connectors; a low-pass filter belongs on the transmitter output, and a preamplifier would amplify the interference along with the signal.
Cable trouble? Check the cable first. Tighten the connectors before you reach for a filter.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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