[RTTY] Help with keeping RF out of PC

[John- W4DJ]

Ground the computer and that should take care of your problem.
Been there done that.
GL 73s de John W4DJ

>From: Peter Laws <plaws at plaws.net>
>To: RTTY at contesting.com
>Subject: [RTTY] Help with keeping RF out of PC
>Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:15:39 -0600 (CST)
>
>I had a little, um, "incident" a while back (T-day weekend) which caused
>me to have to replace the Athlon/Abit KT7A combo with a Duron/Soyo Dragon
>somethingorother.  Everything works, but now the MMTTY engine (under N1MM
>Logger) will stop decoding and lockup.
>
>I sent the MMTTY error message to the MMTTY list but since it only seems
>to occur on transmit, the conclusion seems to be that RF is getting into
>the PC.
>
>My thinking is that it's the soundcard itself, since 1) I can still
>transmit after MMTTY goes QRT (IC746PRO in FSK via RB+) and 2) when I
>re-init the digital interface window in N1MM Logger MMTTY sometimes can't
>open the soundcard (per the dialog that pops up).
>
>It should be mentioned that I rerouted and generally tidied up cabling
>behind the desk in the radio room at the same time I was doing the
>rebuild, so it's entirely possible that this is part of my problem.
>
>So, what I need is a primer on keeping RF out of the PC.  Pointers?
>Ideas?
>
>
>
>--
>73,
>Peter Laws
>N5UWY/9
>ARRL VE
>WAC (phone)
>WAS #51466 (SSB)
>WAS/90
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