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XtrChessReal

Figure out what frequency the station is on. Make sure all wires are NOT at a resonant wavelength. Read on, then make sure cables lengths are not a multiple of the wavelength. (300 million divided by 1,340,000 +223.88 Meters. 1 meter = 3.2808399 foot (or 1 foot = 12/39.37 meter) just get close to accurate. I say 1 meter = 3 feet for this task.

To convert any frequency to a wavelength, divide the speed of light by it.

(some info from http://www.zyra.org.uk/freqwav.htm metric measurements)

Speed of Light

The speed of light is 299,792,458 metres per second. Or approximately 300 million metres per second, or 186 thousand miles per second, or 1 foot per nanosecond. The speed of light, sometimes known as "C" (as in E=MC2), is a constant of the Universe. However you measure it, it really is 299,792,458 metres per second precisely, or about 186,282.4 miles per second.

wavelength = 299792458 divided by frequency

To make it easier, it's possible to approximate the speed of light to 300 million. Also, wavelengths are always measured in metres in this formula, and frequencies are in Hertz. 1KHz (kilohertz) is a thousand hertz; 1MHz (megahertz) is a million hertz.

Example: What's the wavelength of Radio1 FM 97-99 megahertz?

99 megahertz is 99 million hertz, so to get the wavelength, it's...

wavelength = 300 million divided by 99 million

= slightly more than 3 metres. (wavelength = 3 meters or 9 feet) 1/4 of that is about 2 feet, the average lngth of an FM radio antenna is 27 inches.

Another example: What's the frequency of BBC Radio4 long wave 1500 metres?

Ok, it's frequency = 300 million divided by 1500 = about 200,000 = 200 kilohertz

(The station is now on 198 kilohertz)

Example: 1340 AM station.

300 million divided by 1,340,000 = 223 meters (+/-), or 669 feet.

10 ft speaker cable is at the 66th harmonic.

Joe Satriani

Steven Wilde had been having seizures, and it takes a lot out of him. Pray for him, please.

I think he should be the guy to do your next interview. That is my official nomination for him. He always tries to help others, even when he is suffering.

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I am sorry for the overly technical answer. Like you said, you are way to close to the transmitter!!!

the best antenna is alway 1/4 wavelength or 1/2 wavelength or even 1 whole wavelength. As close as you are, the only thing I could think of is make sure all equipment is grounded, and if you could put a metal screen around the amp (ground the screen to earth ground by a wire going to a ground rod in the dirt) shielding is paramount in a close proximity to strong RF (radio frequency) fields.

Use the best connectors on your cables, and maybe get a .001 ( or close) capacitor soldered across your input jack of the amp, and output jack of your guitar.

Try wrapping the amp in alluminum foil, then run a jumper-cable from the foil to an allready grounded metal object (water pipe, etc) to see if that reduces the interference.

More ideas later. I need to think about this....

hoiguy79 said, "Steven Wild for the webcast contest interview Joe Nice to see you around"

I made the motion, hoiguy79 seconded it...All in favor say "Wilde!!!"

All opposed, no need to say anything ;) hahaha.

kd6aaj...........Wilde.....anytime,,anyday,,twice on sunday.....wilde for sure..i am with yu man....

"WILDE"

Praying for you over here in the UK. Get well soon!

XtrChessReal

First off, make sure the electrical outlet is wired properly. Any hardare store or Radio Shack should have a cheap plugin tester that will show if the wiring is correct.

Sometimes, neutral and "hot" are reversed. Sometimes the ground terminal is not grounded. Here is a lousy diagram (but accurate).

well, the drawing does not show correctly, so here I go...

Neutral is big hole on left, "hot" is small hole on right, ground is little roundish shaped hole on bottem. It Looks like Mister Bill saying, "oh, nooooooo!"

| | | Neutral | | Hot |

O Ground

Without the handy-dandy plugin receptacle tester, the instructions below will work.......

Your volt meter should NOT measure any voltage between Neutral and Ground. You should read about 120 Volts between "hot" and neutral, and between "hot" and ground.

Now on to the guitar and amp... I have a feeling that when your volume knob is in the circuit (on), the resistance of the potentiometer or"pot" (knob) plus the other guitar wiring is reducing the resonance of your guitar cable (s) going into the amp. Less resonance + less RFI. Adding 1 or more ".001" capacitors will change the resonance.

Capacitors act as a high pass filter. Example: you would probably not get any RFI on a tweeter if the stereo is off, but the woofer may pass RFI with the stereo off.

Put caps across (parallel) or in series (in-line-with) a wire to see which works best. However, a cap (capacitor) will reduce the amount of bass if in "series" with the signal, allowing only mid frequencies and treble frequencies through (if any signal could get through that value of capacitor. I say put the caps in parallel. I put 200 uF capacitors in series with my 5" speakers in my car; that kept the bass form distorting them (only some bass, midrange and treble passed through), while my woofers produced the lower freqs.

Sound is definitely at lower frequencies than RF, so I say coils (chokes) are probably useless for this particular problem).

Put a capacitor across the signal lead and the ground lead (the 2 leads of the guitar's jack for example). You could also try a ".001" capacitor across (or in series with?) the speaker and across the amplifier's input jacks (where the guitar cable plugs in)

Is the noise there when the cable is unplugged from the amp?

If not, is the noise there when only the guitar is plugged into the amp with no effects pedals?

The guitar could be acting as an antenna, since the body is wood, RF goes right through it. Having a grounded shield around all the electronics of the guitar (aluminum RV/camper tape or something similar around the pots, switches, and jack) could help. Just remember any shield must be grounded.

Older humbucker pickups were shielded in a metal cover. Plastic pickups usually are worse for RF.

You may get ground loop noise from having multiple ground points if you ground your guitar directly to ground, but then again maybe not.

Try this. Take the guitar to a grounded object, and see if the radio goes away when any metal parts of the guitar are touching the grounded object (clothes dryer, cold water pipe, a wire going straight to a ground rod, etc.)

Last resort... Move to a different house way, way, far away from the radio towers ;)...

Hello people

Hy everybody,

hope you´re all ok.... just a few free minutes to post....
I don´t know who of you asked about the sunglasses Joe is wearing, but I found this at oakley.com:
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I think Joe wears the wiretap.......and also some of the jackets...

Good question what kind of hats Joe is wearing, would be interesting to know... it looks so cool...... by the way:

Joe - hy,you´re looking so fashionable with the glasses and this hats ..... :-) And thanks for your post to Steven Wilde

Steven Wilde - hey man, hope you had a day free of new accidents, so my song of the day ´s dedicated to you: Chip Taylor- WILDE thing - you make my heart sing..... hehe ;-) Get well soon friend...

Do The Stu Austin !! Welcome back buddy :-)

Do The Flu Crew Hope all you guys are feeling better soon............................. please don't touch my posts on the screen, I don't want it - lol :-)

steven....in case yu have read my mail,then check out..dreamcricket.com.................www.dreamcricket.com....cheers bro.

also ,,,www.bigbluecricket.com......

also...www.shwing.com

aussieRGman, round the top of the hole where the trem arm drops into the bridge, is there a threaded collar? If so, your trem arm is meant to have a (loose) mobile collar on the short end, which has a thread on the inside, which screws onto the bridge like a screw-cap.

If you trem arm doesn't have one then you need to find an Ibanez dealer and get them to get you one.

If not, then your bridge probably has a collarless trem socket, where the arm just pushes in. What does the end of the trem arm look like? Does it have a pair of white plastic bushes, or is it just straight?

Somewhere on the bridge, usually on the flat surface on the opposite side to where the arm fits, the name of the bridge is engraved.

To tighten the jack-socket plate, you may need to take the back cover off the guitar. With that done you stop the jack socket from twisting around inside when you tighten it. Then you just have to tighten the nut with a spanner or socket if one will fit.

Also, amen on getting an S-Series! You should, I think you'd really enjoy it!

However, I've just read kd6aaj's post so there's an option there! haha.

"Wilde"

Joe

Great to see you post again. Travel safe "Down Under".

hey guys...happy weekend....gotta go for now.....stay safe and dont drink too much especially my good friend,,,,,,,JAZZY............

sayanora..god bless the board.....hurrah...cheers...

steven..looking forward to our weekly conversation via the phone tomorrow..till then stay safe and take care,,,god bless and regards to yur folks.......bye bro.....regards from samantha and jordan......

joe...thank yu once again..yu rock man..yur the man,,peace and god bless......

sotd...as time slips by-vinnie moore.(time odyssey)

Got my flight, hotel + platinum ticket sorted for the Reno, Nevada show - can't wait.

One problem though, Bizarre Guitar in Reno say that the JS-1200 is on backorder until June earliest - I was hoping if I ordered one now that it would be enough time for them to sort me one out for April 16th.

hey...off to school...talk to u all later on tonight...another poker night tonight..but ill come back sometime...

JOE...hey man...howv u been...well i guess ur going to be going on tour ina a little...well good luck man...and i hope everything is going great with u and stuff...u should come by more often..we love to hear from u on T2J...well hope to talk to u sometime man...

Joe Satriani...Thank you for posting to Steven Wilde....very thoughtful of you....Peace

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