[Elecraft] Re: magnetic fields and phase noise?

[Vic Rosenthal]

N2TK, Tony wrote:

> My K2/100 sits on top of my TS950SDX. If I go above about 30-50W with the K2
> on 80 and 160M I have to reset my router. Was using a Belkin router. Now
> using a Netgear wireless router. Both cutout. 

Don't get me started about routers and 160/80 meters!  I have an inverted L 
whose horizontal part runs right over the part of my house where the DSL router 
and some ethernet cables are located.  Even 50 watts (from ANY radio) on LF 
drives it nuts!  I am sort of a "fringe area" DSL customer so it doesn't take 
much.  I too have tried filters, ferrites, etc.

The most fun is trying to use a logging program on my shack PC to key the rig. 
When the program keys the rig, the router goes crazy and sent a flood of data 
down the wireless link to the shack.  The shack computer is so busy dealing with 
the packets from the network that it doesn't get around to unkeying the rig!  It 
took a while before I figured out what was going on (now the router is unplugged 
for contests).

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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco