I have one nearby FM station that I just started listening to which always has static when playing on my Sansui, all other stations that I listen to are clear. I thought it was another station blanketing me. But all my other radios sound clear.
I was gonna remove the antenna cable and reroute it away from power cords, rectifiers, Sonos smps, etc to try to clean up the static. But it is Blue Jean cables, Belden quad insulated RG6 with Canare connectors, so interference should not be a problem. While I was unscrewing the F connector from the tuna the static stopped just at the last thread before it came loose. I turned it back in and tightened it thinking I was making a bad ground, but the static came back. So now it's hanging on by one thread and sounds clear.
I wondered if I actually broke the inner copper signal connection by pulling it out so far. Yep. When I completely disconnect the antenna cable so ground and signal are not touching anything, it still gets enough signal to tune in, but not enough to distort. But only the strongest stations come through when the antenna is disconnected. And if I pull away the antenna lead more than half an inch from the tuna antenna input jack then I lose the signal.
Sol once proposed that static was caused by too strong a signal and the Sansui was choking on it, seems that once again he is right, but he wouldn't turn down the wattage of his transmitter for me. I could notch the frequency, or maybe a switch to break the signal conductor with a tiny gap. Any other ideas?
Maybe this will be interesting to one of you guys. If not, chalk it up to another minute wasted in audionervosa bliss.
Thanks
Rich
