[SCCC] Need Monitor Suggestions

[Bob Grubic]

Anyone trying to click on Dennis's link above, be sure to add the "ection"
to the link that seems to have been cut off in the pasting into the email.
That's why you may have gotten a Page Not Found error.

Here it is complete:
https://palomar-engineers.com/ferrite-products/ferrite-cores/ferrite-mix-selection

73,
Bob NC6Q

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 6:50 PM Dennis Younker NE6I <NE6I at cox.net> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> I am far from an expert in this area. I did some research when I
> experienced
> RF signals getting into my station monitors. I learned that the ferrite mix
> is important. I bought some clamp on chokes of the appropriate mix for my
> situation and placed them on the video cables right at the monitors. This
> solved all of my problems of RF getting into my computer monitors, even at
> 1.5 KW RF output.
>
> I'm sharing this just in case you hadn't read up on ferrite mixes. Lots of
> info on the web. A little can be found here:
>
> https://palomar-engineers.com/ferrite-products/ferrite-cores/ferrite-mix-sel
> ection
>
> --Dennis NE6I
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SCCC <sccc-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 2:15 PM
> To: sccc at contesting.com
> Subject: [SCCC] Need Monitor Suggestions
>
> My old Samsung T220HD monitor (about 11 or 12 years old) doesn't like
> me transmitting on the low bands. Especially on 80, but also when I'm
> on 160 or 40, it'll turn itself on and off with my keying. Sometimes,
> it'll shut itself off and won't turn on again without playing with it
> a bunch. But it doesn't generate any interference on any band, high
> or low, that I've heard. I've tried wrapping it in aluminum foil,
> chokes and MANY chokes on the power and video leads, etc., all to no
> avail. Time to replace it, I suppose.
>
> Any recommendations?? I've just built a new shelf unit for my new
> radio, laying it out specifically to hold the Samsung which is
> roughly 20-1/2"W by 17-1/2"H (with the stand), before remembering
> just why I've not been using it. I've only been running barefoot;
> i.e., 100 watts output; the thing shuts off and on again with just 50
> watts on 80 and around 75 on 40. I'd dread to see what happens when I
> finally get an amp going here...
>
> My HOA-limited setup has a sloping wire drooping from a pine tree in
> the back yard down to the middle of my window frame; thus, the
> antenna is just a few feet away from the monitor. I can't possibly
> relocate it, nor can I move the radio somewhere else.
>
> TNX,
> SteveH K0XP
>
> _______________________________________________
> SCCC mailing list
> SCCC at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/sccc
>
> _______________________________________________
> SCCC mailing list
> SCCC at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/sccc
>