[Ham-Mac] RFI getting into computer

[D. J.]

If you really need a win machine they can be had for $200, 250.  I  
bought mine between Christmas and New Years last year on a sale.  It  
had a rebate, but after all was said and done I had a 1.8 ghz AMD  
desktop w. keyboard & mouse for $199 with windows XP home.  It works  
fine, but I only use it for some windows files that I download.  My  
Mac G5 2.3 dual is my workhorse.  It is a beautiful machine and a  
work of art inside.  I wish that Apple would have kept the G5 with  
the Power PC processor.  It's a class act.

Dale, K9VUJ



On 06, Jun 2006, at 16:43, Robert C. Smithwick wrote:

> I think I'll keep my G5 after all!
>
> de/smitty//w6cs
>
>
>> Dick,
>>
>> The new intel iMac are covered with yards of RFI tape.  Several of  
>> the techs I know wonder why Apple used so much tape.  The G5 iMacs  
>> are beautiful inside, everything has it's place.  The G5s are like  
>> art, but the intel iMacs are a bundle of 'duct tape'.
>>
>> :)  Scott kd7hrk
>>
>>
>> On Jun 5, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Richard Hemingway wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Group,
>>>
>>> I am wondering if the plastic casing of iMacs is more susceptible  
>>> to RFI from the antenna than is a computer with a metal case.   
>>> However, I should explain this.  I am in a r etirement apartment  
>>> and have my antenna sitting on top of a bookcase about 10 feet  
>>> away.  I am using a G5 with a metal case, but the monitor has a  
>>> plastic casing. If I don't  have the display angled properly RFI  
>>> will cause the computer of turn off and on.  I also have a  
>>> Toshiba laptop computer and RFI never bothers it at all. (I  
>>> should say that I only use about 30 watts with PSK).  I have  
>>> disconnected the display from the computer and FRI doesn't bother  
>>> it then.
>>>
>>> The problem is that I am thinking of buying an iMac Inter Dual  
>>> Core computer.  The casing is all plastic and I am wondering if  
>>> the problem would persist.  The PowerBook has a metal case (I  
>>> think) and I don't imagine would have t his problem.  However, I  
>>> would much rather have the iMac.  Before you all jump in and say  
>>> so - yes I have filter and chokes all over the place and on all  
>>> the cables.
>>>
>>> I ma not experiencing it as much with the new Icom 756 PPRO3 I  
>>> now have as I did with the Orion.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dick, N5XRD
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