It is in a room above me, and across the room from where my mag mount is
in an attic.





On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, Colin McDonald wrote:

> is the modem now closer to your antenna/antennas?
> close in any way, above, beside, below or anything?
> are you running cables from the modem or router near to your antenna coax
> lines?
> does the modem have ferrite rings on the power input cable, and the cat 5
> that goes from the modem to the first router or computer?
> If not, then you should contact your ISP and have them give you shielded
> cabling...it has become industry standard to shield both the power leads and
> the patch cable from a high speed modem.
> past that, you can try shielding the modem itself by wrapping it in a
> conductive material...such as tin foil or copper foil...allowing holes of
> course for air flow.
> there should be no active RFI from the modem or router, if there is, then
> you might ask to have your modem replaced with a new one if you are renting,
> or replaced even if you have perchassed it...they guarantee no interpherence
> on wireless devices which includes amateur radio equipment...so if there is
> interpherence, it could be a device defect.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 11:57 AM
> Subject: have moved a cable modem, but have noticed new problems with
> interference
>
>
> > Hi everyone, I have recently moved, my cable modem to the attic at home.
> > I am thrilled with the improved coverage for they Internet from my room.
> > However, I have noticed that RF interference has picked up with the
> > 2-meter band in particular.  I still can operate and VHF/UHF DX, but the
> > interference on 2-meters has picked up.
> >
>