Anthony,
I'm sure that's possible, but I trust an earth ground more than I trust
grounding to a cold water pipe. How can I find out, and how do I get rid of
a ground loop if there is one?
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 22:27
Subject: Re: RFI problem.
> Hi Steve;
>
> You may have inadvertently created a grounding loop.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Steve Dresser=20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 10:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] RFI problem.
>
>
> John,
>
> You make a good point that a cold water ground isn't necessarily a =
> real=20
> ground. On the other hand, I use three grounding rods, and I still =
> have the=20
> problem.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:40
> Subject: Re: RFI problem.
>
>
> > From my experience, some computer speakers, you're not going to fix =
> it.=20
> > The
> > amplification in those is so cheap and garbage and unfiltered or =
> anything,
> > it's just something you'll have to deal with more than likely. =
> Grounding=20
> > to
> > a cold water pipe may not help either though as most often if you do =
> it
> > after the meter, supposedly the meter can isolate you from that =
> actually
> > grounding though I don't always trust that, but worse than that, a =
> lot of
> > times either the electrical can be grounded there which should make =
> RFI
> > issues worse and when I was new and starting out, my water pipes =
> acted as
> > part of the antenna when I did that. It never showed up on the SWR =
> or
> > anything, but it caused a lot more RFI than it was supposed to fix =
> and my
> > electrical is grounded separate from the water pipe because I have a =
> well
> > and most of the line from the well to the tank in the cellar is PVC =
> anyway
> > though I didn't know that at the time.
> > Short version is though, half the hams I know, myself included go =
> through
> > computer speakers in some way, shape or form and there's really =
> nothing=20
> > most
> > of us can do about it, a lot of us around here have tried everything =
> there
> > is to tru and nothing helped short of just turning them off and =
> using a=20
> > set
> > of headphones in my case. The sighted hams just shut them off and =
> leave it
> > that way.
> > ----- Original Message -----=20
> > From: "Richard French" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:26 AM
> > Subject: RFI problem.
> >
> >
> >> Hi list.
> >> I grounded all my equipment to a cold water pipe, but I still come =
> across
> >> my
> >> computer speakers.
> >> It's the only thing in the house I ever had RFI problems with.
> >> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >> Thanks in advance, and 73.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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