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JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 Sep 2001 17:29:14 -0400
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Okay, well I think that I am full of cards in terms of my computer, but I
am up on the second floor, and would like to try to ground some sturf
here, and I think that just wwapping the power supply will help with these
being so old here, but what is the best way of grounding when you are up
staris?





On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx wrote:

> I ground everything to a rod into the ground, and my
> equipment is all in the basement.  My longest ground
> lead is under two meters in length.  (I'm an HF guy.)
>
> For my PC, I make sure every slot has a card in it or
> a cover over the opening and the cover is tightly
> attached so it is grounded.
>
> Every wire on the operating position (just about) has
> an RF choke (toroid) on it.  I have stray RF.  And I put
> AC filters on everything, including the main panel.
>
> 73, Byron
>
> At 05:39 AM 9/12/2001 -0400, JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON wrote:
> >I guess what I ask is what are you using to shield the RF?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx wrote:
> >
> >> Do you have a PC nearby?  Or something you moved
> >> in with an onboard processor?  Can you hear the noise
> >> on anything else?
> >>
> >> At 03:54 AM 9/11/2001 -0400, JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON wrote:
> >> >I can't hear it on AM radio, but it is like a loud buzzing and electrical
> >> >noise on the 30-50 MHz bandwhich on a scanner I have here will only be
> >> >tuned in FM.
> >>
>

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