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Re: Topband: Help with RFI

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Subject: Re: Topband: Help with RFI
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:34:26 -0800
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On 1/12/2013 7:38 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
I wrap a few turns of the CAT 5 Ethernet cable coming into the back of my
shack PC around a few stacked 2.4" diameter #31 ferrite cores.

For 160M, 14 turns on a single #31 core is a pretty good choke. Don't overlook power supply cables as a possible receiving or radiating antenna for RF. A #43 core "works" at these frequencies, but not nearly as well.

73, Jim K9YC
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