[CQ-Contest] CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 247, Issue 21

[dbmcalpine73 at gmail.com]

Thanks for the comments, Jim.  The problem seems to peak on 20M but can
occur on higher bands as well.  The strange thing is that it doesn't usually
occur until I have been operating for five hours or more.  Then, it
continues tog et worse for a while until I QRT.  I'm trying to isolate the
inputs to the USB Hub to see if I can tie it down to one or two culprits.
It seems to manifest itself in higher power output in the K4, e.g., 150-200W
out which is kinda hard to do with a 1100W rig.  That overdrives the
KPA-1500 so I have to turn the power on the K4 down to about 5 watts.  I
have a LPA-100 wattmeter in line with the K4//KPA and it seems to confirm
that the power is higher than it should be.  
73,
Dennis, K2SX

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Today's Topics:

   1. Is this still a ham contesting email reflector? (Peter Sundberg)
   2. RFI-proof USB Hubs? (dbmcalpine73 at gmail.com)
   3. Re: RFI-proof USB Hubs? (Katsuhiro Kondou)
   4. Re: RFI-proof USB Hubs? (Jim Brown)


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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 18:43:17 +0000
From: Peter Sundberg <sm2cew at telia.com>
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Is this still a ham contesting email reflector?
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Or is it a general forum about hotels, DoD bookings, baseball scorebords,
sound systems and God knows what else..?

Come on...!

Peter SM2CEW




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Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 19:20:39 -0400
From: <dbmcalpine73 at gmail.com>
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Subject: [CQ-Contest] RFI-proof USB Hubs?
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As the number of USB ports I need increases, so does the size of the USB
hub.  As the USB hub increases, so does the RFI.  I have snap-on cores on
all cables into the USB hub, but it doesn't seem to matter.  Anyone got
suggestions for a good reliable bullet proof USB hub, preferably 8 ports,
Vs. 3.0?

Thanks,

Dennis, K2SX



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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 09:53:45 +0900 (JST)
From: Katsuhiro Kondou <kondou at voyackey.net>
To: dbmcalpine73 at gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RFI-proof USB Hubs?
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In article <041101d9bcf3$20e28050$62a780f0$@gmail.com>,
	<dbmcalpine73 at gmail.com> wrote,
	on "Sat, 22 Jul 2023 19:20:39 -0400";

> As the number of USB ports I need increases, so does the size of the 
> USB hub.  As the USB hub increases, so does the RFI.  I have snap-on 
> cores on all cables into the USB hub, but it doesn't seem to matter.  
> Anyone got suggestions for a good reliable bullet proof USB hub, 
> preferably 8 ports, Vs. 3.0?

My USB hub had similar issue, and I started to use StarTech ST1030USBM since
then.  I have never experienced RFI through USB hub since then.
--
Katsuhiro Kondou, JH5GHM


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Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:35:12 -0700
From: Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RFI-proof USB Hubs?
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On 7/22/2023 4:20 PM, dbmcalpine73 at gmail.com wrote:
> As the number of USB ports I need increases, so does the size of the USB
> hub.  As the USB hub increases, so does the RFI.  I have snap-on cores on
> all cables into the USB hub, but it doesn't seem to matter.  Anyone got
> suggestions for a good reliable bullet proof USB hub, preferably 8 ports,
> Vs. 3.0?

What bands, Dennis?  If HF, I recommend 5-turns through 1/2-in or 3/4-in 
#31 clamp-ons on every cable associated with the unit, including the 
PSU. Also, try to use a unit that runs on a 12V PSU, so that you can run 
it from the 12V bus in the shack (which should use a linear PSU).

Also, make sure that the turns in those clamp-ons are in sequence, not 
scrambled. There are photos in one of my RFI tutorials.

73, Jim K9YC





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