Don, I used to have similar issues especially on 15M. Since changing the
keyboard and mouse to wireless, the problems went away. Maybe worth looking
into.
73
Fabi va2up
http://sites.google.com/site/va2upcontesting/
> From: aa5au@bellsouth.net
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:34:09 -0500
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION
>
> I have an RFI problem on 17 meters. I cannot operate more than 100 watts or
> my FSK stops shifting. So it's definitely RFI getting
> into something. I have tried a few things and the computer chassis is
> grounded to my large copper plate where all my grounds go. The
> ground wire is less than 18" to the copper plate.
>
> The weird part about it is that when the carrier stops shifting, the message
> in WriteLog stops. If I lower the power, the rest of
> the message goes out so I don't actually lose anything being transmitted. I
> have changed my FSK interface, tried each of my five COM
> ports and a few other things I can think of.
>
> It's almost like the RFI is getting right into the PC and stopping the
> message from going out. I don't have this problem on my
> laptop. Just haven't figured it out yet. Doesn't seem to be a grounding
> problem though.
>
> Don AA5AU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Bill Turner
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 4:26 PM
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On 4/4/2012 2:19 PM, Bill wrote:
> > I've connected computer case to radio for years.
> > I can't honestly say I ever noticed more or less rfi.
>
> REPLY:
>
> Every situation is different.
>
> Here, without the ground wire between computer and radio, 160 meters is
> useless above 400 watts. The keyboard locks up.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
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