Anthony: Well I do use Anderson Power Poles for the HF set-up in the rv, but haven't tried the rig runner idea yet. That's well worth considering, and thanks much for the suggestion. 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 5:50 PM Subject: Re: interesting RFI experience > Hi Tom; > > I have found what works best is the rig-runner and the Anderson Power = > Poles. > > They also give you a nice firm connection. > > 73 De Anthony W2AJV > [log in to unmask] > ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389 > > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: T Behler=20 > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:18 AM > Subject: [BLIND-HAMS] interesting RFI experience > > > Hi, all. > > Well, while this latest RFI thread is going on, I'm sitting here = > waiting for=20 > the XYL to come home from her last day of elementary school teaching, = > when=20 > we'll be taking off on our RV trip first to Georgia for a family = > wedding,=20 > and then to Arizona to visit our son. > > Anyway, a very interesting, and somewhat scary, RFI thing happened to = > me=20 > yesterday while I was testing my HF set-up in the RV for our trip. > > As background, I have an Icom 718 for HF, and it is connected to a = > Predator=20 > screw-driver antenna on the back lefthand corner of the RV. The radio = > and=20 > antenna are, I believe, thoroughly grounded to a common point on the = > frame=20 > of the RV, since I had this work done by a professional RV tech who is = > also=20 > a ham. In the front of the RV, I have a TMV7A for mobile VHF/UHF use. = > That=20 > rig is connected to a Diamond dual-band mobile antenna that is = > securely=20 > clamped to the top of the ladder on the other side of the back of the = > RV. > > Anyway, yesterday, I was doing a test on the CW portion of the 20 = > meter=20 > band, when something incredibly strange happened. My TMV7A mobile rig = > was=20 > totally off, and not being used. ... When I did the HF test, some = > extra RF=20 > must have been floating around, because it turned on the TMV7A, and = > caused=20 > the TMV7A to make all kinds of beeps and boops. In a major state of = > panic=20 > or at least heightened concern, I checked out the TMV7A, and it was = > totally=20 > locked up. ... My memories were still there, but I couldn't do much = > if=20 > anything with the radio. I couldn't even do a re-set using the re-set = > > sequence with the control head which is mounted below the dash board. = > ...=20 > It was funny too, because the speach output would give me the memory = > number=20 > I was on, but wouldn't even read the frequency. > > Fortunately, I had some instructions from this list which told me how = > to do=20 > a full re-set of the TMV7A using the recessed re-set button on the = > front of=20 > the actual radio unit. I did that, re-programmed the radio, and was = > back in=20 > business. > > Then, I went into troubleshooting mode, and found what I think was the = > > source of the problem. I disconnected the power supply for the TMV7A = > from a=20 > power strip that I was using, and plugged it more directly into an = > outlet in=20 > the RV via a short extension cord. I tried getting on 20 meters = > again,=20 > where I was before, and had no RFI problem at all. > > So, I think my problem was in the cheap power strip I was using. > > Which brings up a question: Anyone know of a good high-quality power = > strip=20 > I might by that has better isolation in it, so this problem won't = > recur?=20 > I'm willing to pay some good money for it, since I don't want stray RF = > > messing with either the TMV7A or any of the other electronics in the = > RV. > > I will have periodic e-mail access while we are on our trip, although = > my=20 > responses may be somewhat delayed since we will be on the road quite a = > bit.=20 > Fortunately, though, the camp grounds we will be staying at have = > internet=20 > access. > > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, soon to be RV mobile >