[RFI] Ethernet RFI UPDATE

WA3GIN in Alex. City, VA wa3gin at comcast.net
Mon Jul 2 19:49:32 EDT 2007


GO Figure...

This weekend I'll try more powerful extender boxes. These are rated at 1.5
Miles rather than 1500ft. I'm not thrilled about having  1/2lb of ferrite
hanging on the RJ11 cables to the units.

73,
dave
wa3gin at COMCAST.NET 

-----Original Message-----
From: rfi-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Andrew Ingraham
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 6:54 PM
To: Rfi
Subject: Re: [RFI] Ethernet RFI UPDATE

> Now up to 1.2KW without issues.  Seems I was focused mostly on the barn
> where the radio gear is located and the issue appears to be at the house.
> Apparently, the house wiring is acting as an antenna and delivering enough
> of the 40m signal around to cause the Ethernet extender box to fault.

Even at 5W into a dummy load, a quarter of a mile away?  Wow.

Andy


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