Topband: Noise in the Shack - A new noise!

[Greg Chartrand]

Last month I began a computer up-grade process at home and work by using solid state drives (SSD) in both laptop and desktop systems. The upgrades have been very successful providing a significant performance increase and extended battery life.  
The last upgrade was my ham shack desktop system that I rebuilt with a new copy of Windows 7. All seemed well until I  turned the rig on and heard garbage and multiple birdies across the lower 50 khz on 160. 
I was distracted for a week trying to recover a lost disk but I put the  SSD in place again yesterday. This time I wrapped the SSD in aluminium foil and put 2 clamp on cores on the SATA cable. I fired up my system, and the extra measures had no noticeable improvement on the birdie situation. The 
birdies  appear as soon as I power up the drive.
 I doubt if I will be able to remove the noise so this is a warning to those who may consider the same upgrade to their hamshack computer. My computer with the old fashion Hitachi hard drive contributes zero noise to my receiving capability on any band so SSD's are not in my future!
Greg

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Greg Chartrand - W7MY 

Richland, WA.

DN-06IF



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