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Please Help My TT is acting like a tuner

I have a Rega p9 turntable, Shelter 501 cart, Bat pk5 phono stage, Viva 300b amplifier and Galante Symphony loudspeakers. I never had any problems with my system until I moved.

Ever since I moved into my new home, I have been picking up radio stations through my TT. The oldies station comes through loud and clear every time I try to play a record!! I have tried everything: powerwraps, ferrite clamps, grounding, lifting the ground, aluminum foil, etc. The oldies station does not stop playing!!!

I am pretty sure it is the TT because the station does not play when the TT is not connected but the BAT phono is loud by itself and is making a crackling whurring sound.

Anyway I am beyond frustrated and am ready to sell my analog gear and just use digital. I have moved my system into every room in my house to no avail, I still hear the oldies station

Please help if you know what I can do. The Rega tonearm cable is hardwired. Is this my problem? Should I get a TT that has the ability to change out cables so that I can use a really powerfully shielded cable? Do the tubes need replaced in the BAT? Or will nothing work and should I either deal with the oldies station or focus on digital?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

rich62
rich62 OP
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JFRECH:

I think you are right and it is the cable. When I move the cable and/or the TT, the station becomes louder/softer. However, it is hardwired. I guess I should sell the table and try to buy a decent table w/ detachable wiring so that I can purchase a well shielded cable... I do not think that I am capable of cutting wires on the p9 without breaking it. Has anyone rewired a rega for this type of problem.
jimbo3
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Just a thought as I don't know and haven't tried it- I there some way to put some kind of shielding over the existing cable and grounding it?

Rich, I haven't re-cabled a Rega, but have done a couple other makes and it was pretty easy, even for a guy like me with little experience with a soldering iron. Just locate where the tonearm leads are soldered onto the cables and de-solder at that point and re-solder the new cable. No cable cutting involved.
rich62 OP
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Jimbo3:

If it as easy as you say, I will try it. However... what is the best shielded phono cable? Not the best phono cable but the one with the best shielding. I am going to disconnect the rega phono cable from the tonearm and hardwire a new cable but which one to use? I only want to do this once and I cannot afford to cut and hardwire a number of cables.
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iamsuperking
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it's your stylus. . .well known phenomenon.
jackson
rich62 OP
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Why my stylus? Is it just Shelter 501 or all MC carts?
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