Thread: Home Audio/TV/Network radio intrustions...

Originally Posted by Lawngoose

You have a neighbor with a Ham or CB radio. Most likely he is using a "kicker" (amp) or either your wires are not grounded properly. Ask the technician to check SNR (Signal to Noise) and try to eliminate any bad premise wiring.

I hear this all the time as well, (I work with cable providers all across the country...) I would classify this as RF interference. Also, look for big-ass antennas on your neighbor houses. That will help you determine the jack-ass.

Sometimes bad surge protectors and line splitters can cause the issue.

I kinda figured that I had one that was using some extra power. The only problem is that lots of people on this street are old and from what I can see almost have antennas. I will inspect a bit better this weekend and see if I can spot one. Hopefully when they come out Thurs or Fri to check things they can resolve issues there.

Is the SNR test something that would have done when they hooked everything up? This is a new house and all the wires were ran about a year ago and when consruction was completed they hooked them all up about three weeks ago.

@Stunt0Rider - LOL, at least that would be something somewhat useful. This guy was playing all kinds of sound file off the net or something. The Pop-eye theme, peanut butter jelly time song, and something that sounded like a porno....