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Re: Topband: Progress with ugly computer noise

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Subject: Re: Topband: Progress with ugly computer noise
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:11:57 -0400
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Qualtek makes a neat little filter designed to replace the power input 
connector on a noisy supply.  It fit into mine - one of those with the 
jumpered filtering components - and completely suppressed any audible 
noise.  According to the schematic on the side, it consists of 2 x 2.5 
mH indutors, one in series with each leg, a 2200 pF cap shunting the 
line input and 0.1uF capacitors from each leg to ground on the load 
side. Their part number is 858-03/007, and I got mine at Mouser.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 7/4/2012 12:14 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 7/4/2012 6:10 AM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
>> Next I'll be getting my hands on some ferrite core materials and looking to 
>> see just how far I can reduce the noise.
> When faced with a noisy computer, the first thing I'd try (other than
> replacing the noisy supply) would be a multi-turn choke on the power
> cable, optimized (number of turns and core) for the band(s) where you're
> hearing the most noise. If noise remained, I'd next tackle the video
> cable and the printer cable.  Use the graphs in Appendix One of
> http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf  as a guide to picking the cores
> and winding the chokes.
>
> Do your fellow hams another favor -- post the brand names and/or vendors
> of both the noisy power supply and the one that fixed your problem (if
> it does). :)
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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