I’m wondering how much worse the problem will be as DirecTV goes to this new technology that’s being advertised on TV-something about a wireless receiver. I’ll have to pay more attention. It sounds like something that the girlfriend may want to wait for. Right now her equipment is first-generation, and she would like to have a DVR with larger capacity and a 4K-capable receiver for whenever that becomes available.
72/73 de Jim-AD6CW > On Mar 15, 2018, at 8:24 AM, John Huggins, kx4o <k...@hamradio.me> wrote: > > You are, of course, absolutely correct Jim. Know that one model of the sat > receiver uses an RF remote of some sort that many think is the culprit. > > Sadly the response from the, understandably RF clueless, sat help lines is > kind of like going to a doctor with the plea "it hurts to do this" and > response of "well don't do that." > > I suspect nothing will change much until a 40m signal affects the sat > systems of the ham's neighbors resulting in a Part 15/97 brawl. > >> On Wed, March 14, 2018 22:47, Jim Brown wrote: >> Problems like this are the result of design defects in the cable modem. >> It should be possible to solve problems of this sort by winding multiple >> turns of both the coax and the power cable #31 or #43 Fair-Rite toroids. >> See >> >> http://k9yc.com/KillingReceiveNoise.pdf >> >> for part numbers and guidelines for winding. While the app note discusses >> RX noise radiated from gear like this, the cures are the same >> for both. >> >> AND -- because it's the result of a defective modem (i.e. a bad design), >> ALWAYS call the vendor and tell them to fix it. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to jmlow...@sbcglobal.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
