[Elecraft] WSJT-X Problem with K3S

John Stengrevics jstengrevics at comcast.net
Thu Jan 12 11:21:24 EST 2017


Thanks Don.  I already have ferrites all over my coax cables, Anderson power cables, literally all over the house.

Will try on the USB cable as well.

John
WA1EAZ

> On Jan 12, 2017, at 11:17 AM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> The first step to solving RF-in-the-shack problems is to work on your antenna system.  Better common mode chokes on your feedline(s).
> See the information by Jim Brown K9YC at http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf.
> 
> If you still have problems after taking those measures, then use ferites on cables as a last resort solution.
> 
> The reason I say this is because if you have RF interfering with the wiring in your station, you likely have similar interference on all wires in your station - you can fix one or two, but another similar problem will rear its ugly head later on.
> If you fix the problem at its source, you will fix a lot of "strange behaviors".
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 1/12/2017 11:05 AM, John Stengrevics wrote:
>> Hi Nick,
>> 
>> Thanks for the suggestion!  I turned the power down to 2 watts and the problem went away.
>> 
>> What’s the solution, ferrites on the USB cable?
>> 



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