Re: [Elecraft] RX IQ USB Noise

2016-08-31 Thread Clay Autery
You are NOT grasping the problem or the suggested solution. Please do yourself a favor and go read K9YC's white papers on bonding/grounding, noise reduction, EMI/RFI reduction, etc Just do it... __ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (318) 518-1389 On 8/31/2016 2:23

Re: [Elecraft] RX IQ USB Noise

2016-08-31 Thread Don Wilhelm
You are concentrating on the "green-wire ground". Instead concentrate on running a heavy wire or braid in parallel with your audio cables - it works. It may be difficult to get a chassis ground on the laptop but look for a jackscrew on one of the D-shell connectors. Worst case, run a wire

Re: [Elecraft] RX IQ USB Noise

2016-08-31 Thread Enzo Adrian-Reyes
This would be hard but I can see how that could happen. The KX3 and the laptop use 2 prong connectors and this still happens, the macbook pro has a grounded power plug but this still happens. The stupid thing is they all share the same power board, so in theory they should all be sharing the same

Re: [Elecraft] RX IQ USB Noise

2016-08-31 Thread Jim Brown
Loop is absolutely the wrong way to view this problem, and transformers are NOT the easiest or cheapest solution. The solution is 1) proper chassis-to-chassis BONDING between all of the equipment being interconnected and 2) get power for all of the interconnected equipment from the same mains

Re: [Elecraft] RX IQ USB Noise

2016-08-31 Thread Andrew Hebden
for most audio lines between a PC and a rig. Hope this helps. Andrew G8BYB -Original Message- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Enzo Adrian-Reyes Sent: 31 August 2016 08:43 To: Elecraft List Subject: [Elecraft] RX IQ USB Noise HI all Me again, I have

[Elecraft] RX IQ USB Noise

2016-08-31 Thread Enzo Adrian-Reyes
HI all Me again, I have a problem with my setup and trying to work out what is wrong. I have a handy video, which shows my problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZPYUVpqefI I hope somebody knows how to fix this, I've tried different USB hubs, different laptops even. I havent tried a