>>> The 6m rig has decided to TVI like a BLEEP for some
 >>> reason (again)
 >  JE> What TV is it messing with?  Neighbors, or your personal?
 >  Dad's TV upstairs.
 >  Originally I blew the audio in the speakers,but
 > chokes on the speaker leads solved that problem.
 >  Now I'm doing the audio in again but only when he
 > watches cable channel 9.
Maybe some leakage in the CATV cable.
Try something else, have Dad tune to cable channel 18, and transmit anywhere 
on 2m.  Since 18 is half of 9, and 6m is one third of 2m, you might just be 
getting some fundamental overload of the cable system.  Good grounding, and 
cable repair -should- take care of most of that, but if the cable connection 
is corroded at the pole, or the source, you're probably not going to see any 
difference.
 >>> and the 440 FM beam has gone of tune after some pigeons decided it was a
 >>>great place to roost and bent my gamma out of line.
 >  JE> That's simple 
 >  Not when you have to clean a pile of doo-doo off the
 > gamma to get it apart to clean it and re-tune it!
 >  That stuff bakes in the sun and gets as hard as
 > concrete.
 >  3 hours of soaking the parts in hot water and laundry
 > soap finally got that gunk off them.
 >  Waht a smelly mess.
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 >>> To top it off my back decided to go one strike and I
 >>> got a three week unpaid vacation from work. Sucks.
 >  JE> Ouch :-(  Hope that thing gets better, so you can climb the tower to
 > work
 >  JE> on the equipment!
 >  Paid the guy next door a casae of brown ones (beer)
 > to go get it down for me.
 >  Also fixed his stereo amp for free as part of the
 > bargain.
Hey, whatever works! 
 >>> Chemicals? What have they got out there a Love Canal type thing?
 >  JE> Dealing with Bio-hazardous waste, doing research, etc.
 >  JE> Remember, this is Southwest Research Inc.
 >  YUCK. Sounds more like a "Mutants-R-Us" situation
 > with all that.
Basically.  Bob/WY5L, hasn't been the same since he returned.  Probably 
something akin to "Agent Orange", or the "Gulf War Disease" - both Chemical 
warfare types.
But, we're straying off of topic, and the moderators may jump in   };->
   73 = Best Regards
   -Jeff KA5THB
   ka5thb@bigfoot.com
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