[Elecraft] [KAT500] 10m Spur

[Fred Jensen]

On 2/21/2013 2:36 PM, Bill Hammond wrote:
> I call my shack the aviary so a new birdy didn't shock me.  This one
> did come along with the KAT500.  Unplug it and it goes away.

Until this thread showed up on the list, I hadn't noticed it.  We're in 
a semi-rural area [no cable, no DSL, no sewer, a well] and I host the 
Wireless company's RAP for the neighborhood at the top of my tower. 
When it went up, a variety of very weak stable signals showed up.  There 
are 3 radios up there [one for neighborhood distribution and two for 
backhaul], and I'm sure they're all contributory with local oscillators, 
clocks, and the like.  KAT500 has a controller which has a clock.

Surprising, I don't interfere with any of the RAP, it's just below the 
tribander and next to the vertex of my sloping Vee.  500W does nothing 
to it.  The good news is that in return for tower space and us powering 
it up a CAT5 cable, we get free I'net directly off the backhaul [~12 
mbps] :-)

73,

Fred K6DGW
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