[RFI] USB rfi ; rig control--->solved....I think.

[Mike Smith VE9AA]

David, 

 

I bonded the shield of the USB cables' male end that plugs into my laptop,
to my station ground. (the other end attaches to one of my radios...used for
radio control)

I couldn't find any other suitable connection on the laptop to ground to.
Even if I had, on the off chance the USB "connector"

was not at the same potential as the chassis in the laptop, I honed in on
that particular area to attempt the ground.

 

So far, so good.

 

Things sure were a lot easier when computer towers were metal and weighed
25lbs and put together with big bolts and sheet metal screws!

 

-Mike VE9AA

 

Did you wrap multiple turns of the #22 around the insulated cable, or wrap
it around the bared-shield, or otherwise attach it somehow? 

Then you drained the energy it tapped to ground?

 

Just trying to follow the methodology ...

 

Thanks, DavidC KD4E

 

 

Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB