[BC] Cable TV interference

[Steve Lewis]

When the other half and I moved back to Tucson in the 80's we lived in an
area served by Jones Intercable which had been purchased from the
disappointing original owner/builder.

There were numerous things wrong with the reception so I called to complain
and my complaint was routed to their chief engineer.  Not anticipating a job
out of the deal, he hired me as a bench tech and floating helper.

There was a street cut on the way to my house and I was with the area tech
one afternoon when his scanner broke squelch at the street cut.  Upon closer
inspection, the aluminum coax had not been laid deep enough and had been
about half exposed to traffic running over it for years.  Was quite a site
to see the center conductor laying in a very dirty cradle of foam and
aluminum, which explained a lot of problems in the area.

That problem jumped ahead of several hundred other similar problems :-)

-----Original Message-----
When I lived in Florida I noticed I could hear television audio every
6 MHz on my scanner.  And they coincidently were on frequencies used
by cable television.  I DF'ed the problem to the pole and called them.
 Mind you I was a cable subscriber.  I got a call back accusing me of
stealing cable.  I asked them to elaborate and they said I should not