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Re: Topband: Chokes, et. al.

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Subject: Re: Topband: Chokes, et. al.
From: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:21:09 -0500
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I'm in full agreement with this, unless we consider our shack computer part
of our "gear". :-)

I could not avoid a severe RFI problem on 75/80 meters without winding my
CAT5 network cable around some large #31 ferrite cores. Without that choke,
I can hear my TX signal in my computer speakers, which I also have
connected to my rig through the sound card (for several very good reasons).
I have CAT5 running all over the house, and one run of it is apparently
resonant. (And yes, I tried ferrite in various other places on every piece
of it that I could get to, and nothing else worked.)

I also have a split core around my keyboard cable, to keep it from
radiating RFI.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com


On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 7:21 AM, Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com> wrote:

>
> There is no logical or justifiable reason to have different cabinets and
> chassis on the desk floating at different RF potentials, and this applies
> to every piece of gear.
>
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