Re - Bob, K4TAX, on whether to use ferrite beads to solve station
issues ...
_______________________________________
Several years ago, when I was a new ham, Bob K4TAX encouraged me to
solve RFI/EMI and other issues, instead of populating the station with
ferrite beads, and this admonition has served me well ever since.
Rather than toss toroids at a problem, I diligently determine the exact
cause and fix it. Sometimes it is something simple, such as routing a
microphone and computer cables away from, and not parallel with, coax
patch cables. One time, it was as simple as cinching a coax connector
up tight. As an ersatz musician, I have a pile of audio and recording
gear along with my ham station in the shack, and I suffer no issues on
any front. All too often, hams claim the problem is "RF in the shack"
and toss ferrite toroids on every cable in the place, which masks or
conceals, but does not solve, the problem. Thanks, Bob, for pushing me
to locate the real problem every time. Do whatever diligence is due
under the circumstances, and you will surely have better results. K8JHR
______________________________________________________________
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
