[Elecraft] K3: Are the birdies really birdies

[Fred Jensen]

Try hosting the neighborhood wireless RAP at the top of your tower [in 
exchange for free, pretty-high speed Internet in an area with no DSL, no 
CATV, and no sewers.  OK the last doesn't count].  Truthfully, the 
number of external signals I hear are fewer and of lower amplitude than 
I thought I would see, I know where they are, and I'm good at ignoring 
things ... ask my wife.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org

On 11/16/2010 4:05 PM, Kok Chen wrote:
>
> I can attest to the effectiveness of shielded Ethernet cables (for me
> anyway).
>
> After fighting with Ethernet noise, I finally swapped out all the
> Ethernet switches in the house with ones that have metal enclosures
> (Netgear GS series), and replaced all UTP CAT-5 cables to STP CAT-6
> cables.  The shielded switches by themselves didn't do much until I
> went to the STP cables.