Thanks Ron, and all; The entertaining I do in my head would be detrimental to acceptable piano work. I do like to spend some time at the end of day in the quiet of my new shop. I will try consulting the electrician who installed the system, or some geek types. Thanks again. Carlos ---- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Problem w/ Shop Lighting > Carlos Ralon wrote: >> Hi, >> My new shop is a pole barn 40 x 34 w/ metal sides and roof. Fully >> insulated and conditioned, but with 4 rows of florescent tubes. Plenty of >> light but absolutly very bad radio reception. An outside FM antenna >> helps a little, but not much and no AM reception. We are in a rural area. >> When the lights are off the radio works fine. Any suggestions about >> further filtering? > > Put your radio elsewhere, and run wires to shop speakers. Get yourself an > iPod. Or generate your own entertainment in your head. I don't, and won't, > have a radio in the shop. I find the noise distracting and intrusive. The > mind numbing repetitive shop tasks other folks buffer with a radio (or TV) > are where I spend time considering alternative procedures, or designing > jigs and tools. Same with driving. > > Ron N > >
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