Greg,
What is the brand and model of the SSD that you are having problems with?
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From: topband-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Greg Chartrand
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:37 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Noise in the Shack - A new noise!
Last month I began a computer up-grade process at home and work by using
solid state drives (SSD) in both laptop and desktop systems. The upgrades
have been very successful providing a significant performance increase and
extended battery life. The last upgrade was my ham shack desktop system that
I rebuilt with a new copy of Windows 7. All seemed well until I turned the
rig on and heard garbage and multiple birdies across the lower 50 khz on
160. I was distracted for a week trying to recover a lost disk but I put the
SSD in place again yesterday. This time I wrapped the SSD in aluminium foil
and put 2 clamp on cores on the SATA cable. I fired up my system, and the
extra measures had no noticeable improvement on the birdie situation. The
birdies appear as soon as I power up the drive.
I doubt if I will be able to remove the noise so this is a warning to those
who may consider the same upgrade to their hamshack computer. My computer
with the old fashion Hitachi hard drive contributes zero noise to my
receiving capability on any band so SSD's are not in my future!
Greg
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Greg Chartrand - W7MY
Richland, WA.
DN-06IF
W7MY Home Page:
http://webpages.charter.net/w7my/
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