[UK-CONTEST] 80m and ADSL

[Dave Spencer]

Hi John,

The router itself may have logging within it. Just log
onto the router and enable it. You can normally set
this so the log can be emailed to your inbox. This, of
course, is router dependant!

73 

Dave M1SKA


--- John Lemay <john at carltonhouse.eclipse.co.uk>
wrote:

> Morning all
> 
> Maybe a little off topic, but I know there's a mine
> of information out there
> !
> 
> I might be giving our local (Colchester) club a bit
> of support in some of
> the 80m contests this year (AFS and CC). With just
> 100w to a Butternut I
> won't be exactly challenging the leaders, but it's
> the group effort which
> will benefit.
> 
> Anyway, to get technical:- Whenever I run more than
> 20w or so on 80m, I
> notice that my ADSL connection is interrupted. As
> far as I can tell, the
> landline phone itself is not affected. I'm a bit
> concerned I may be having a
> similar affect on my neighbours.
> 
> I have simple "clip-on" ferrites on all leads but
> suspect that at relatively
> low frequencies like 3.5MHz these might not be
> effective enough? The cable
> just passes through the ferrite; there are no
> multiple turns.
> 
> I've noticed in addition that for other unknown
> reasons, I occasionally lose
> my ADSL for a minute or two. I can't be watching the
> leds on the wireless
> router all the time, so I'm wondering if there's any
> bits of software I can
> monitor my connection with over a long period? A
> "Google" has not been
> fruitful.
> 
> Thanks in anticipation
> 
> John G4ZTR
> 
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