Personally I like the option!
PatAt 12:11 PM 12/8/2015, you wrote:
>I guess I am over tired after chasing my friend's 2 dogs and my 2 kids
>around the last 4 days, plus keeping track of his house and my own. lol
>Could be an idea though, something to try if coiling them doesn't work.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pat Byrne
>Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:24 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Hum Everywhere in my Shack
>
>John,
>Did you really mean boiling the speaker wires!!  I'll bet not but it
>sure made a fun read!
>Pat, K9JAUAt 11:15 AM 12/8/2015, you wrote:
> >Is replacing the wall wart an option? I don't see why not, that's how I'd
> >handle that. ON the hum with the speakers, I've found some do that, and
> >some
> >don't and don't know how to fix that. If you have a station ground on the
> >HF
> >radio, try removing it and see if the problem goes away on 10 meters, if
> >you
> >don't have one and can add one, try that. You can move the wires around on
> >the PC speakers. I know with the ones I use now if the wires for the
> >speakers run right along side the coax I can get that same thing but I move
> >the cables apart and it goes completely away. You could try chokes or
> >boiling the extra speaker wire. You may end up with new computer speakers,
> >those are suggestions I can think of right now. I'm also in a very limited
> >space and managed to fix that problem pretty easy and on 2 meters, I have
> >100 watts available with no hum anymore just by separating the wiring. I
> >pretty much have it set up so my coaxes are all together on one side of
> >everything and everything else is on the other side with minimal over lap.
> >It works out very well that way. It's a mess, but works.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Matthew Chao
> >Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 11:11 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Hum Everywhere in my Shack
> >
> >Hi, Folks.  I seem to be having a grounding problem in my shack.
> >
> >First, I've got a noisy wall wart that powers my network switch.  It
> >effectively blanks out some of my 2-meter repeater freqs on my TMV710A.
> >
> >Second, on the other end, when I transmit on VHF/UHF, I get a hum
> >through my PC's audio.  The same thing sometimes happens on HF as
> >well, particularly on 10 meters.  Sometimes, I can hear my distorted
> >self coming through on my PC's desktop spekers.
> >
> >Due to limited space, my PC and ham gear need to coexist on a 6-by
> >4-foot desk.  And neither wants to always play nice.  Any suggestions
> >that don't involve a lot of moving and shoving would be
> >helpful.  Thanks in advance.--Matt, N1IBB.