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Re: Topband: Computer noise

To: Artek Manuals <Manuals@ArtekManuals.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Computer noise
From: Frank Krozel <kg9hfrank@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 07:44:58 -0600
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I have an HP laptop charger that sings like mad.  Interestingly enough I have 
another identical one that is absolutely quiet.  Inadvertently, I do forget 
about that and my noise level jumps up to S-9.  Most times I remember the 
source LOL, 

-73-  Frank    KG9H
kg9hfrank@gmail.com




> On Nov 26, 2019, at 7:41 AM, Artek Manuals <Manuals@ArtekManuals.com> wrote:
> 
> Could be coming from the power supply? Sometimes simple clip on chokes are 
> not enough either. I have a similar problem here on 20M I have dual 
> (Identical) monitors . One has an irritating but not debilitating  spur on 20 
> the other doesn't ..If I swap the monitors the spur follows the monitor. Have 
> tried a handful of ferrites to no avail so it is likely "radiated" IMO  and 
> not conducted.
> 
> Grumpy Dave
> NR1DX
> 
> On 11/26/2019 6:41 AM, Rodman, David wrote:
>> A few ideas might be helpful here.  I was at the station over the weekend 
>> and found a significant amount of noise coming from one of two computers in 
>> the station.  Significant noise S5 at 1820.  One computer runs the cluster 
>> and 2m connection.  That was clean.  The other handles most of the remote 
>> chores and has about 15 USB serial devices attached.  Everything was off, 
>> except a battery operated transceiver attached to the receive antenna feed, 
>> the modem for the cable and my router.  One can definitely see that 
>> operating the computer, closing windows or plugging in USB devices causes 
>> the modulation on the signal to change, this isolating the source to the 
>> computer alone and possible connections to peripherals (they were all turned 
>> off by the way).  I did have few chokes available but attaching them to the 
>> USB wires out of the computer to their various devices made no improvement.  
>> I could get more specific but need to leave for my office now.  Any ideas 
>> might be helpful and apprec
 iat
>>  ed.
>> 
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