[ICOM] Wired vs Wireless Routers for RFI

[John Geiger]

Tried a couple of chokes last week with no luck.


--- KD5SFA <divenut1 at sprynet.com> wrote:

>  Are you running cat 5 or cat 6 cable ?  Any luck
> trying ferrite beads or snap on ferrite chokes ?  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: John Geiger <n5ten at yahoo.com>
> >Sent: Jan 9, 2008 12:16 PM
> >To: rfi at contesting.com, yaesu at contesting.com,
> icom at mailman.qth.net, yaesu at mailman.qth.net,
> ft100 at yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [ICOM] Wired vs Wireless Routers for RFI
> >
> >I have tried 3 different wireless routers(Linksys,
> >Netgear, and Ativa) and all 3 have put birdies on
> the
> >20 meter band (maybe other places, but it is so bad
> on
> >20m I gave up and didn't check other bands).  I was
> >using them in a wired fashion, and all 3 put
> birdies
> >on the same frequencies, which makes me think that
> it
> >is something related to the workings of the router.
> 
> >The ethernet wires I have run around the house are
> >radiating the birdies, as they disappear when I
> >disconnect the wires.  However, I cannot afford to
> go
> >wireless right now with buying all of the wireless
> >equipment.
> >
> >Are wired routers using exactly the same circuitry
> >(meaning they cause the same birdies) or have
> people
> >found wired routers to be quieter RF wise.  I will
> >probably break down and try one anyways, but
> thought I
> >would try to get some feedback first.
> >
> >I am back to using my ethernet hub which is quiet
> with
> >the ethernet wires running around the house, but
> the
> >ISP will only give me 2 IP addresses, so the
> computer
> >sitting next to the radio hasn't been connected to
> the
> >internet for a couple of weeks.
> >
> >73s John AA5JG
> >
> >
> >     
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