[ICOM] Yet another question about 706 rig

[Buck]

George,

Why would he not want to ground his rig?

Buck
N4PGW

-----Original Message-----
From: George, W5YR [mailto:w5yr at att.net] 
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 1:43 PM
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Yet another question about 706 rig

Jim, that "ground wire out the window" can be an excellent antenna for
picking up computer crud. You might want to rethink why you are using it and
see whether or not you really need it for the radio.

73, George W5YR
Fairview, TX
w5yr at att.net
http://www.w5yr.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James E Good" <jimgood at dfwonline.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 12:30 PM
Subject: [ICOM] Yet another question about 706 rig


> I'm just wondering.  The room where my radio is set up also serves as a
> computer room.  The computer is on one wall (to be near the telephone
line)
> while the IC 706 MK II G is on the opposite wall (to run a ground wire
> through a window).  The computer has a 10Base-T network card installed and
> several as yet unused USB ports.  Would it be possible to use either an
> 802.11x wireless adaptor at the computer (either on the USB port or on the
> network port) and a similar converter nearer the radio and fed into the
data
> port to send/receive some of the different data modes the 706 can utilize?
>
> I had not seen any question on this specific topic here in the past, so
I'm
> not sure if it had already been addressed.  If it has, please forgive the
> ignorance and direct me to the information.  If it has not and anyone is
> able to help, thank you very much.
>
> Thanks to all for the information already posted on the different Icom
> products and comparisons to other products.
>
> 73's to all.
> Jim Good KD5VXH
>
>
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