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11/14/2016 6:28:09 PM EDT
My computer monitor is close to my transceiver, I have been doing digital modes and its nice to have the radio next to the monitor.  When my monitor is warming up, there is no sign of the noise.  When I start the monitor and it displays the acer logo and auto search finds the input, nothing.  As soon as the image shows, insane noise every 5 kHz across 20 meters and the noise is around on the other HF bands.  I have tried snap on chokes on the power cord, changing from HDMi to DVI cable, and winding the HDMI into a janky air choke.  No improvement.

I have googled some and not found much for a solution, just how to identify it.

Any ideas?
11/14/2016 7:02:52 PM EDT
[#1]
Forgot to add, the noise is present with no coax hook to my tuner
11/15/2016 3:23:14 AM EDT
[#2]
I have a LG 4K in my office that is so bad it opens the squelch on my TH-F6A on several 2M frequencies from over two feet.  I cannot use the scan on VFO-A at all and VFO-B cannot be closer than 18 inches or it stops scanning.  The desk phone is almost as bad.

I read that LED monitors are the worst.
11/15/2016 8:04:48 PM EDT
[#3]
Chokes on Everything

Shielding (use better interconnect cables)

Grounding
11/15/2016 11:50:47 PM EDT
[#4]
I got home from work today and turned on my HT.  Huge noise around 146.910 - a local repeater.  Had a squealing and seemed directional so I tracked it to my entertainment center.  Pulled all the power and everything went quiet.  Had S7 noise within three feet with the power on. I traced to the cable modem by powering each device up separately.

I stuffed the cable modem behind the steel cased UPS and tucked some aluminum foil around it.  All better!

I can actually hear and hit repeaters from my couch now without having to go outside!
11/16/2016 4:40:29 PM EDT
[#5]
It was the cable feeding the monitor, I ended up trying every HDMI cable at my house then I was at my in laws and took all of theirs to try and found one that eliminated the noise.

Spoke too soon, moved the noise to a different frequency which is ok for now.
12/7/2016 8:16:52 AM EDT
[#6]
A follow up to my problem.

I tried cheap snap on chokes but they seem to do nothing.  I had improvement on some bands winding an ugly choke 1:1.  This had a side benefit of lower my noise level a perceptible amount.  

I am waiting for Jan 7th local hamfest to get a type 31 core toroid and I have higher hopes for that.