<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Doubtful. You're not going to be inducing 0.5V. I'd be more worried that the ground is floating, which definitely can cause signal and equipment problems.<br><br></div>Kind regards<br><br></div>Paul Wilkins<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 March 2017 at 18:36, Peter Tiggerdine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ptiggerdine@gmail.com" target="_blank">ptiggerdine@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">the radio station is 6PR so it's AM.<br>
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There's no onsite PABX or music being fed into it.<br>
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It's happens on one floor of a multi storey building.<br>
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Is the consensus that this type of interference can cause network<br>
performance problems?<br>
<span class="im HOEnZb">Regards,<br>
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Peter Tiggerdine<br>
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</span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Paul Wilkins <<a href="mailto:paulwilkins369@gmail.com">paulwilkins369@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Any analog telephony streaming music on hold from the internet? So just<br>
> appears it's coming over the air, but actually EMI bleeding from their MOH<br>
> server?<br>
><br>
> Kind regards<br>
><br>
> Paul Wilkins<br>
><br>
> On 20 March 2017 at 17:40, Damien Gardner Jnr <<a href="mailto:rendrag@rendrag.net">rendrag@rendrag.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Few questions..<br>
>><br>
>> How 'local' is the radio station? Within a km? or just within 50km? AM<br>
>> or FM station?<br>
>><br>
>> Do they hear the radio station if they touch the probe to themselves?<br>
>><br>
>> Does the customer have a PABX with that radio station fed into it from a<br>
>> connected radio?<br>
>><br>
>> If no fed PABX, and the station is FM that is VERY unusual. AM, I could<br>
>> understand, if there's a IF being generated by some equipment which is<br>
>> modulating at almost exactly the station's frequency.<br>
>><br>
>> I'd be finding the building's MEN bond, and testing there, then working<br>
>> your way back out to the individual equipment, and see where it's<br>
>> introduced. That said, I'd probably just call a qualified electrician, as<br>
>> they're more likely to spot the issue, and you'll likely need to take the<br>
>> front off the switchboard to get at the bond point.<br>
>><br>
>> On 20 March 2017 at 17:24, Peter Tiggerdine <<a href="mailto:ptiggerdine@gmail.com">ptiggerdine@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi All,<br>
>>><br>
>>> I've got a customer that can touch any steel object that's connected<br>
>>> to earth and listen to the local radio station with a tone generator<br>
>>> wand. I've chalked this up an earthing problem touching a copper rod<br>
>>> or possibly building antenna.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The question is weather this is likely to impact switches and possibly<br>
>>> network performance. I'm airing on the side of very unlikely but it's<br>
>>> all frequency so unsure.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Happy for off list or on list replies.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Regards,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Peter Tiggerdine<br>
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