[TenTec] RFI Solution

[John]

Try some 6" pvc pipe .  I use that before going into the radio and it cured 
all the problems I had when using a amp .  John kb2huk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim WA9YSD" <wa9ysd at yahoo.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] RFI Solution


>
>
> A side benefit was a drop off with white noise.  I can hear them week DX 
> stations better.  This was a step in the right direction.
>
>  I had 3 rounds with the FCC since 1968.  With no restrictions.  There is 
> not a day that goes by that I do not think about RFI and what I have not 
> tried that just might work.
>
>  I have coils of coax at the feed point of each antenna.  That bad side of 
> it is I coiled it like rope and electrical taped it.  I need some of those 
> 8" diameter plastic coffee cans and wind the cable around those and make a 
> better choke.
>
>  The shielded ground helped a bunch a few years ago.  You can go 30, 40 
> feet with one, and is worth the effort.  The trick is to eliminate the RF 
> ground loops.  Tuff to do at times, and every ones situation is different. 
> Consumer products keep getting worse.
>
>
> Keep The Faith, Jim K9TF/WA9YSD
>
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