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.