Help needed to silence the beast

[Souper man]

hmmm

would you use a LM386?
my LM386 melted so i dont mess with amps anymore...
=(...

 

[Souper man]

well how should i hook up a 8pin amp?

 

[audioguru]

Look at its datasheet.
An LM386 has an output at clipping of only 200mw with a 6V supply. Only 1/5th of a watt. It is 450mW with a 9v supply. It is for kids toys.

A power amp IC for car radios like a TDA7240 has an output at clipping of 15W into a 4 ohm speaker with a 14.4V supply or 9W into an 8 ohm speaker.

 

[3v0]

If you must blast you neighbor do it with his own music. Pick up what he is playing with a mic then amp it and send it back. It will be distored and out of phase...

 

[mneary]

Do you share a power transformer with your neighbor? A few hundred watts of 3 KHz on the power line might 'test' the input filters on his audio equipment.

 

[chemelec]

As it has been sugested, the best way to deal with these bastards is to hit them back. If money is not an issue buy several PA speakers with huge SPL and powerfull pro amplifiers and play Krzysztof Penderecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima for example. (talking about nuclear bombs...). If u can last longer than them u will win.
This is not a joke.
P.S. Buy speakers with the best directivity, usually horn loaded ones.

"Now were being Really Stupid".

Not only are you going to bother that guy, But also Every other Innocent Person in the Neighbourhood.

Two Wrongs Don't make a Right.

And If a person really want to solve this in a Reasonable Way.

First Check out to see what this particular US, States Noise Bylaws are.
Usually there is one limit for daytime and another lower one for Night time.

Than get a good SPL Meter and check these Noise levels. Than get a police officer or someone else to varify the tested noise levels.
Now you can go for a Civil LawSuit against that person.

 

[ikalogic]

Do you share a power transformer with your neighbor? A few hundred watts of 3 KHz on the power line might 'test' the input filters on his audio equipment.

but this would cause sound problems to all neighbourhood!
and i know that if you do that in egypt, the electric company can make you pay a lot......

 

[hentai]

In every war there are casualties. I just presented my opinion since ur attempt of guiding him to the local authorities seems futile.

 

[gramo]

Maybe some sort of directional EMP propagation would do the trick, and it wouldn’t destroy your gear either.

Laser point it so that you can target easier

 

[Hero999]

EMP is too lower frequency to be directional, a microwave beam would do the job.

 

[-=GST=- Nemisis (cs/cz)]

how about a good old shoot out? that seems like a reasonable option when compared to "nuclear bomb" or "emp".

 

[HarveyH42]

Well, these threads are always fun to vent anger, and discuss improbable solutions.

The only sane solution is to use the police and local government, unless you personally have reason not to want them hanging around your neighborhood. True, our legal system is tends to be more about protecting offender's 'rights', then the victim's these days. Your time and money is better spent working within the system.

In many areas, 9:00pm is the cut-off for noise making, call the police, insist on documentation and get copies. Be persistant, the more you complain, the more likely you'll get results. The police or Code Enforcement have the test equipment to check noise levels, insist them make use of them, your tax money paid for the equipment.

Get surrounding neighbors involved, if its really bad enough for you to consider some of the previously posted insane suggestions, then you will find one or two others who want the noise to stop as well. The more involvement, the quicker the resolution. Make sure everyone insists on documentation, and get copies of each report.

If this problem is daily, or every weekend, shouldn't take more than a week or two to resolve with help of other pissed off neighbors. If no progress in two weeks, take all your copies of the police reports to city hall, and file a complaint with code enforcement, get a copy. Give it a week, continue to call police, get reports.

Once the noisy neighbors are sited and fined by Code Enforcement, they are screwed, and from then on the penalties will keep getting larger each time they are in violation, and it will be simpler to get them sited. First time is cheap, but quickly jumps into the hundreds of dollars.

Aside from a direct and criminal assault, you will spend more time and money trying to build various experimental devices, that probably won't work or get your other neighbors more upset with you. If you are the only homeowner on the block bothered by the noise, might consider moving, as there will likely be more of these people moving in. You have to fight it, let them know its not tolerated in your comunity, otherwise it becomes their's.

 

[chemelec]

Well at least "Harvey has a Brain and a sense of Decency".

HARVEY, I TOTALLY AGREE.

Take care....Gary

Well, these threads are always fun to vent anger, and discuss improbable solutions.

The only sane solution is to use the police and local government, unless you personally have reason not to want them hanging around your neighborhood. True, our legal system is tends to be more about protecting offender's 'rights', then the victim's these days. Your time and money is better spent working within the system.

In many areas, 9:00pm is the cut-off for noise making, call the police, insist on documentation and get copies. Be persistant, the more you complain, the more likely you'll get results. The police or Code Enforcement have the test equipment to check noise levels, insist them make use of them, your tax money paid for the equipment.

Get surrounding neighbors involved, if its really bad enough for you to consider some of the previously posted insane suggestions, then you will find one or two others who want the noise to stop as well. The more involvement, the quicker the resolution. Make sure everyone insists on documentation, and get copies of each report.

If this problem is daily, or every weekend, shouldn't take more than a week or two to resolve with help of other pissed off neighbors. If no progress in two weeks, take all your copies of the police reports to city hall, and file a complaint with code enforcement, get a copy. Give it a week, continue to call police, get reports.

Once the noisy neighbors are sited and fined by Code Enforcement, they are screwed, and from then on the penalties will keep getting larger each time they are in violation, and it will be simpler to get them sited. First time is cheap, but quickly jumps into the hundreds of dollars.

Aside from a direct and criminal assault, you will spend more time and money trying to build various experimental devices, that probably won't work or get your other neighbors more upset with you. If you are the only homeowner on the block bothered by the noise, might consider moving, as there will likely be more of these people moving in. You have to fight it, let them know its not tolerated in your comunity, otherwise it becomes their's.

 

[techrex74]

Perhaps you might sneek over and shut off the power at the main panel. My nieghbors finnaly got the message after I pulled this off 2 or 3 times.

 

[Souper man]

...
id still say high frequency oscillator hooked up to a amplifier like LM386 and blast it directionally at them with a cylinder around the speaker and make em pissed until they say stop then you can get a truce. If the police arent helping at this stage its time you should take matters into your own hands without building a bomb. Just do what they are doing to you and you cant be blamed too much.

 

[audioguru]

A little LM386 amplifier has an output of only 700mW when turned up too high so it distorts really badly. Peanuts power.

 

[Oznog]

It's not just that an EMP device would be illegal, and completely indiscriminate in what it destroys- it would destroy or damage all electronics in a fairly wide radius and is nondirectional. But the other thing is, it's impossible for a hobbyist to build. Especially one who didn't know what one is just yesterday.

You're not the first person who has asked just this- to turn off or destroy a a radio from afar. IIRC one guy was from a less than secure European country and wanted to fry the radio of the Gypsies in the next apartment. Another I believe wanted to kill the stereo of a car that drives by blasting away.

And thank god these things aren't practical for an amateur to build (yet). Cause one day it's going to be possible and stupid people are going to quietly e-bomb stuff, probably soon the FBI will pursue it like a pipe bomb or a mail bomb.

 

[-=GST=- Nemisis (cs/cz)]

well this guy built a fusion reactor so i guess hobbyists will be able to build emps or other nuclear devices soon:

**broken link removed**

 

[HarveyH42]

Vengence and retaliation aren't legal defenses. Victory might be sweet, but not so much sitting in a jail cell, or getting screwed at the bank when you have to mortgage your home to pay legal fees and fines.

 

[HiTech]

OK- after reading this thread, I side with the comments made by 3Vo and HarveyH242. Do not go down the road of vigilante retaliation since all too often it comes back to bite you in the behind, despite your frustrations and desire to end the problems expiditiously.
My advice is this (and I speak from experience from an intentionally negligent neighbor and his pack 24/7 barking dogs):

Get yourself a videocamera and tripod and start taping no less than 15 min. segments along with the camera's time/date stamp on the video. Also create a list of dates, times, length of infraction. Keep doing this for a period of at least 2 weeks. Call the police then and show them your proof. Note the officer's name and badge number and jot it down. If nothing is done, simply go to your local District Justice office, file a formal complaint and then post the hearing fee. Investigate any local ordinance codes being violated and their official number (which law enforcement or your local zoning office should provide you with --- they are legally required to give you the info.). Don't forget the ol' standby ordinance of Disturbing the Peace, since that always exists to cover where other codes don't. Also look up the "quiet times" for your area as often they do exist. Get all of your ducks in order (your evidence) and show up at the hearing and present your case methodically. Report the important fact that police officials have not been helpful nor effective and that's why you are appearing before a court. You don't need to waste money on a lawyer for this kind of situation if you do things logically and properly. Make sure that you sue for all court costs, video tape costs and what not (keep receipts). If the judge's ruling is in your favor, you should be returning home to peace & quiet, the neighbors will know that you are not to be reconed with and that you do have a smart head on your shoulders.
CAUTION: be careful how you videotape them as you don't want them to report you as a voyeur or similar, turning the tables back on you. Simply place the camera/tripod close to your home with you standing there operating it in plain sight. Often, when a "normal" person sees this type of evidence gathering taking place, it's enough to get them to come to their senses and avoid court proceedings. Don't go building devices and using clandistine methods to get even. Let the law prevail.