JE> Maybe some leakage in the CATV cable.
 JE> Try something else, have Dad tune to cable channel 18, and transmit
 JE> anywhere on 2m.  Since 18 is half of 9, and 6m is one third of 2m, you
 Wiped out channels 17,18,19 while on 144.200 ssb.
 Same for anywhere from 144.150 to 147.995 on FM.
 JE> might just be getting some fundamental overload of the cable system.  
Good
 JE> grounding, and cable repair -should- take care of most of that, but if 
the
 JE> cable connection is corroded at the pole, or the source, you're probably
 JE> not going to see any difference.
 Would you believe a -splice- and barrel conector mess in our feedline that 
is not supposed to be there? Jerks.
 They are replacing the ENTIRE run from pole to house next week.
 At -their- cost not ours.
 JE> Basically.  Bob/WY5L, hasn't been the same since he returned.  Probably
 JE> something akin to "Agent Orange", or the "Gulf War Disease" - both 
Chemical
 JE> warfare types.
 JE> But, we're straying off of topic, and the moderators may jump in   };->
 oops....(I did a boo-boo)
 Back to the topics at hand.. HAM_TECH.
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