[Elecraft] RFI on K3s

Tue Jun 21 09:44:27 EDT 2016

Works great!

Do it all the time.  Father showed me how 50 years ago, the same way
Vic describes it ;o)

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 07:44:19 +0300, you wrote:

>Get some no. 10 stranded wire at Home Depot (etc.), double it over, put one end in a vise and the other in the chuck of your electric drill and twist away. Not shielded, but much better than parallel wires. I suppose you could strip some RG-8 if you really wanted to shield it.
>
>Vic 4X6GP
>
>> On 20 Jun 2016, at 22:54, DGB <ns9i2016 at Bayland.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Jim ... where does one find #10 twisted pair? Is it shielded?
>> 
>> thanks 73 Dwight NS9I
>> 
>>> On 6/20/2016 12:59 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>>> On Mon,6/20/2016 10:33 AM, James Walker wrote:
>>>> Is it normal to register voltage as low as I’m seeing on my K-3?
>>> 
>>> What you're seeing sounds like IR drop in the DC cable. How long is the DC cable between the K3 and the power supply? What wire gauge? Is there any equipment (like distribution panel) in between?
>>> 
>>> This is a great application for a short length of #10 twisted pair between the PSU and rig.
>>> 
>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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