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One thing you may want to think about is adding ferrite's to the CAT5 cable at the router/switch end and at the PC. If you're antenna isn't quite up to snuff this will keep RF out of the network. Craig Rairdin wrote: > So right now I run the coax from my HF antenna to a point just outside my > window. When I want to operate I crank open the window and connect the coax > from my rig to the end of the coax outside the window. I don't really have a > way to leave it hooked up all the time because I don't want to leave the > ground-level window partially open. > > I want to run the coax into the house through the wall, up the inside of the > wall into the attic above my office, across the floor of the attic and down > the inside of a wall to an existing utility box that is where all my phone > and network connections are routed. This means I'll have coax running > alongside both phone and CAT5. Seems like a lot of RF. > > I'm only running 100W. I suppose someday I might get some kind of amp but > it's not a priority. But I don't want to rule that out simply because of the > way I routed my antenna feedline. > > I can choose a different routing for the feedline and terminate it in a > different box that's a few feet away from my CAT5 and phone lines, but I'd > prefer not to have to install a new box. > > So my question is, is all that RF going to interfere with my network > connection or my phones? Any thoughts or recommendations? > > Craig > NZ0R > KX1 #1499 > K1 #1966 > K2/100 #4941 > K3/100 < #200 > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > - -- R. Kevin Stover, ACØH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGWZTD11jxjloa2wsRAhRTAJ9vJ3pQ1YIB97BmUp7rVU/Fkyam/gCeL0hH lS1W4nWDX5JJLjw6MTWGm7M= =yaAh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
